{"id":5877,"date":"2026-07-19T22:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/?p=5877"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:26:59","slug":"we-can-use-emojis-in-ssids-the-client-compatibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/we-can-use-emojis-in-ssids-the-client-compatibility\/","title":{"rendered":"We can use Emojis in SSIDs! &#8211; The Client Compatibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/can-we-use-emojis-in-ssids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Part 1<\/a><\/em><\/strong> was about how Emojis in SSIDs work in general, this part is about client compatibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are my test results for the connection to SSID &#8220;\u2615\ufe0f\ud83d\udedc &#8211; Flat White Wireless&#8221; and if the device shows Emojis from different Unicode-Versions:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CleanShot-2026-07-20-at-16.05.51@2x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CleanShot-2026-07-20-at-16.05.51@2x.jpg 342w, https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CleanShot-2026-07-20-at-16.05.51@2x-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Test for different Unicode Versions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><strong>System<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Version<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Shows SSID<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Connects<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>MS Surface Pro 8<\/td><td>Windows 11 Pro, 25H2<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro S<\/td><td>Windows 10 Pro 22H2<\/td><td>Shows &#8220;Hot Beverage&#8221; Emoji, but not the &#8220;Wireless&#8221; Emoji<br>(new test needed)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sony Vaio<\/td><td>Windows 10 Pro, 1703<\/td><td>Shows &#8220;Hot Beverage&#8221; Emoji, but not the &#8220;Wireless&#8221; Emoji<br>(new test needed)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mac Studio M2 Max<\/td><td>26.5.2<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MacBook Pro 13\u201c, 2016<\/td><td>12.7.6<\/td><td>Shows Emojis from Unicode up to version 14 (Playground)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>iPhone 16 Max Pro<\/td><td>26.5.2<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>iPhone 11 Pro<\/td><td>18.7.1<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s<\/td><td>15.8.4<\/td><td>Shows Emojis from Unicode up to version 14 (Playground)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>iPhone 6<\/td><td>12.5.7<\/td><td>Shows Emojis from Unicode up to version 11 (Tooth)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Google Pixel 9<\/td><td>Android 16<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Google Pixel 6a<\/td><td>Android 15<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samsung Galaxy Tab S7<\/td><td>Android 13<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Redmi 7A<\/td><td>Android 10<\/td><td>Shows Emojis from Unicode up to version 12 (Flamingo)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Redmi Note 5<\/td><td>Android 9<\/td><td>Shows Emojis from Unicode up to version 11 (Tooth)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WLAN Pi<\/td><td>3.3.0<\/td><td>Shows the WLAN as \\xe2\\x98\\x95\u2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">not tested<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shelly Plug S MTR<\/td><td>20260311<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Meross MSP844 Power Strip<\/td><td>latest as of 2026-07-20<\/td><td>&#8212; (uses WLAN of Phone)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u2705<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GL-iNet Comet Pro Remote KVM<\/td><td>V1.9.1 release1<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ud83d\uded1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yealink AX83H<\/td><td>180.87.0.15<\/td><td>\ud83d\uded1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ud83d\uded1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hamina Onsite<\/td><td>latest as of 2026-07-20<\/td><td>\u2705 all up to Unicode version 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard;white-space: normal\">\u2705<\/span><br>(phone connected)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The test was done with WPA2-Personal to make sure I tested the SSID and not WPA3 compatibility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All in all, these results are quite interesting. Emojis in the SSIDs seem enterprise-ready on the client side across all general operating systems common in enterprise networks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The GL-iNet disappointed me.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The differences between the shown emojis are likely explainable from the time they were added to Unicode. For example:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Wireless<\/em>&nbsp;was approved as part of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/unicode-15.0\">Unicode 15.0<\/a>&nbsp;in 2022 and added to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/emoji-15.0\">Emoji 15.0<\/a>&nbsp;in 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/emoji-playground\/older-or-newer\"><\/a><em>Hot Beverage<\/em>&nbsp;was approved as part of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/unicode-4.0\">Unicode 4.0<\/a>&nbsp;in 2003 and added to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/emoji-1.0\">Emoji 1.0<\/a>&nbsp;in 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When I first tested Emojis some years ago, I used a test SSID that only consisted of quite new Emojis that were available on my up-to-date iOS and macOS versions, but not on the Windows 10 version I was running back then.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I still expect massive problems with most IoT devices. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And Enterprise-ready? I have no idea why you would want that. \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I only tested Emojis up to Unicode Version 15, because the Meraki Dashboard (for MR version 32.1.7) didn&#8217;t accept Emojis from version 16 and 17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And the WLC\/AP compatibility?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is a completely different story. Cisco Meraki supports it (but only up to Unicode version 15), while Cisco Classic (9800 controller) doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have tested other clients or different APs\/WLCs, please add them to the comments and\/or blog about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1 was about how Emojis in SSIDs work in general, this part is about client compatibility. Here are my test results for the connection to SSID &#8220;\u2615\ufe0f\ud83d\udedc &#8211; Flat White Wireless&#8221; and if the device shows Emojis from different Unicode-Versions: System Version Shows SSID Connects MS Surface Pro 8 Windows 11 Pro, 25H2 \u2705 <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/we-can-use-emojis-in-ssids-the-client-compatibility\/\" class=\"read-more\">continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[717],"tags":[765,664],"class_list":["post-5877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-emoji","tag-wlan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5877"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5906,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877\/revisions\/5906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-fi.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}