The beta review period for Unicode 15.0 has started. The Unicode Standard is
the foundation for all modern software and communications around the world,
including all modern operating systems, browsers, laptops, and smart
phones-plus the Internet and Web (URLs, HTML, XML, CSS, JSON, etc.). The
Unicode Standard, its associated standards, and data form the foundation for
CLDR and ICU releases. Thus it is important to ensure a smooth transition to
each new version of the standard.

Unicode 15.0 includes a number of changes and 4,489 new characters,
including another major extension of CJK unified ideographs. A number of the
Unicode Standard Annexes have significant modifications for Unicode 15.0. Two
new scripts have been added, and there are also 20 additional emoji characte