A few months after Google Added emoji reactions As for Google Docs, the company is making it easy to even include them in your actual document. today, announced it A new shortcut that lets you easily insert emoji as you type, so you no longer need to pull up your computer’s picker or copy and paste icons from other places.

The new system gives you multiple ways to get emoji, which Google lists in this help document, The easiest is to just type “@”[emoji name],” and typing “@emoji” will create a searchable emoji picker just like the searchable emoji picker on your phone.

You can also type “@:”:[emoji name]”, which I have found to be the fastest and most reliable method. Typing an emoji name right after the @ symbol will often bring up other tasks or prompt me to mention a coworker, so typing the colon is a lot quicker (especially since I’m familiar with all proper emoji names because of Slack) ) And rocket,

Google says the feature will start appearing for some users today and will be available to everyone by the end of September. And in case you were wondering, yes – it seems to support latest emoji (though clearly not those who are currently still works,