One of Google's upcoming Pixels features, and the highlights of Google I/O 2023, is the custom emoji background feature called Emoji Workshop. Google added the feature in the latest Android 14 Beta, but it's probably not an exclusive feature for Android 14. It might come for older Pixels running Android 13 or even lower. If you don't have a Pixel smartphone running Android 14 beta 3, here's a solution to help you set a custom Emoji wallpaper on any Android smartphone running Android 13 or later.

Emoji Wallpaper is one of the latest additions to Android and as the name suggests, it gives users the ability to create custom live wallpapers with different colors and emojis in them. There are tons of patterns and colors to choose from, and you can display your favorite emoji on your home screen.

While the Emoji wallpapers are live wallpapers by default, you can turn them into static wallpapers by turning a button in the menu. Although by doing that you miss out on a really cool loading animation and the ability to see cool animations when you interact with the phone.

As mentioned earlier, if you are using Android 14 Beta 3, you should see Emoji Workshop in the "More wallpapers" section of Wallpaper and style. But if you don't see it, you might want to manually install it on your Pixel or other Android smartphone running Android 13 and later. Do this: