Fast-forward button emoji meaning

The fast-forward button emoji shows two triangles pointing to the right, mimicking the look of a fast-forward button found on media players like TVs, DVD players, or music apps. It represents the idea of skipping ahead, speeding things up, or moving forward quickly. People often use this emoji in casual conversations to express a sense of urgency, impatience, or the wish to skip unnecessary steps. It can also symbolize progress or the idea of looking ahead to the future in certain contexts. This emoji is a simple yet versatile way to communicate the desire to keep things moving or to emphasize acceleration in a process.

The fast-forward button emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026