Because the emojis are not part of the messenger app but in the system. Samsung uses different emojis then stock Android.So I hate the emojis in messenger. I was using messenger on my Note 7 and the emojis were great. Why is there a difference on the Pixel vs. Note 7 within the same app?
I love the keyboard, hate the emojis. Grrrrrr
What phone did you come from?
I am using Verizon's messaging for texting. It is the keyboard emojis that I loathe.Textra has emoji add-ons you can install. For example there is one for iOS emojis, one for Twitter emojis...
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...?id=com.textra.emojis.emojione&token=pVwbHwJN
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ps/details?id=com.textra.emoji&token=9WSDwile
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...s/details?id=com.textra.emojis&token=M12PC0rp
Note: to use the add-ons you need to use Textra as you SMS app. It is a pretty decent replacement for messenger.