Try these secret Google+ chat emoticons

If you use chat on Google+ or Gchat in Gmail, you’re probably familiar with certain emoticons that turn into animations. For example, “<3" will animated into a red heart. Here are some more, shared from the "Google+ Chat Emoticons” Page on Google+.

For example, this “:3”, will morph into a cat.

Here’s the full list shared today:

:3
:(:)
:(|)
V.v.V
–<@% ~=[,,_,,]:3

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We’re not sure if this is an official Google page, but it will be interesting to see what other secret emoticons are unearthed.

Give them a try for yourself!