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We asked, you told us: Playmojis are fun, but you don’t use them
August 24, 2025
Augmented reality, much like virtual reality, never really took off the way that many believed it would. While some are using it in creative ways, most people aren’t walking around holding their smartphones in front of their faces, augmenting the world around them.
Despite this, Googlecontinues to workon its ARPlaygroundplatform. For example, in just the last two weeks, the Silicon Valley company has released twonew Playmoji packs.
So we decided to ask you,do you use Google’s Playmoji? Here’s what you had to say.
Do you use Playmoji?
Unsurprisingly, 39 percent of those who participated in this week’s poll stated that they have never used Playmoji. Following that, 24 percent of the votes marked that they’ve used Playmoji once or twice and six percent said they use it all of the time.
As aPixelowner, I can honestly say that I’ve used Playmoji when new AR packs were released, but I’ve never taken out my phone and droppedIron Maninto the scene because I thought it would enhance my photos. For me, the AR technology is fun to play with, but it isn’t something I would use once a day, week, or even month.
The sentiment towards Playmoji appears to remain unchanged for non-Pixel owners. While nine percent of the voters said they would use Google’s AR stickers, 22 percent said they wouldn’t.
As Google isrumoredto be working to bring its AR Playground platform to other Android handsets, this statistic makes me believe the company’s efforts might be wasted.
Noteworthy comments
Here are some of the best comments from last week’s poll explaining why they voted the way that they did:
That’s it for this week, everyone. As always, thanks for voting, thanks for the comments, and don’t forget to let us know what you thought of the results below.
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