diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index b430814b91..f927d2da33 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -5093,7 +5093,7 @@ function _print_emoji_detection_script() {
 		?>
 		<script type="text/javascript">
 			window._wpemojiSettings = <?php echo wp_json_encode( $settings ); ?>;
-			!function(a,b,c){function d(a){var b,c,d,e,f=String.fromCharCode;if(!k||!k.fillText)return!1;switch(k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.textBaseline="top",k.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return k.fillText(f(55356,56826,55356,56819),0,0),b=j.toDataURL(),k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.fillText(f(55356,56826,8203,55356,56819),0,0),c=j.toDataURL(),b!==c&&(k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.fillText(f(55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447),0,0),b=j.toDataURL(),k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.fillText(f(55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447),0,0),c=j.toDataURL(),b!==c);case"emoji4":return k.fillText(f(55358,56794,8205,9794,65039),0,0),d=j.toDataURL(),k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.fillText(f(55358,56794,8203,9794,65039),0,0),e=j.toDataURL(),d!==e}return!1}function e(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var f,g,h,i,j=b.createElement("canvas"),k=j.getContext&&j.getContext("2d");for(i=Array("flag","emoji4"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},h=0;h<i.length;h++)c.supports[i[h]]=d(i[h]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[i[h]],"flag"!==i[h]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[i[h]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(g=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",g,!1),a.addEventListener("load",g,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",g),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),f=c.source||{},f.concatemoji?e(f.concatemoji):f.wpemoji&&f.twemoji&&(e(f.twemoji),e(f.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
+			!function(a,b,c){function d(a,b){var c=String.fromCharCode;l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,a),0,0);var d=k.toDataURL();l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,b),0,0);var e=k.toDataURL();return d===e}function e(a){var b;if(!l||!l.fillText)return!1;switch(l.textBaseline="top",l.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return!(b=d([55356,56826,55356,56819],[55356,56826,8203,55356,56819]))&&(b=d([55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447],[55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447]),!b);case"emoji":return b=d([55358,56794,8205,9794,65039],[55358,56794,8203,9794,65039]),!b}return!1}function f(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var g,h,i,j,k=b.createElement("canvas"),l=k.getContext&&k.getContext("2d");for(j=Array("flag","emoji"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},i=0;i<j.length;i++)c.supports[j[i]]=e(j[i]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[j[i]],"flag"!==j[i]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[j[i]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(h=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",h,!1),a.addEventListener("load",h,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",h),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),g=c.source||{},g.concatemoji?f(g.concatemoji):g.wpemoji&&g.twemoji&&(f(g.twemoji),f(g.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
 		</script>
 		<?php
 	}
diff --git a/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.js b/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.js
index 326934474f..339b22119a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.js
@@ -8,26 +8,45 @@
 	var canvas = document.createElement( 'canvas' );
 	var context = canvas.getContext && canvas.getContext( '2d' );
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if two sets of Emoji characters render the same.
+	 *
+	 * @param set1 array Set of Emoji characters.
+	 * @param set2 array Set of Emoji characters.
+	 * @returns {boolean} True if the two sets render the same.
+	 */
+	function emojiSetsRenderIdentically( set1, set2 ) {
+		var stringFromCharCode = String.fromCharCode;
+
+		// Cleanup from previous test.
+		context.clearRect( 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height );
+		context.fillText( stringFromCharCode.apply( this, set1 ), 0, 0 );
+		var rendered1 = canvas.toDataURL();
+
+		// Cleanup from previous test.
+		context.clearRect( 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height );
+		context.fillText( stringFromCharCode.apply( this, set2 ), 0, 0 );
+		var rendered2 = canvas.toDataURL();
+
+		return rendered1 === rendered2;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Detect if the browser supports rendering emoji or flag emoji. Flag emoji are a single glyph
 	 * made of two characters, so some browsers (notably, Firefox OS X) don't support them.
 	 *
 	 * @since 4.2.0
 	 *
-	 * @param type {String} Whether to test for support of "flag" or "emoji4" emoji.
+	 * @param type {String} Whether to test for support of "flag" or "emoji".
 	 * @return {Boolean} True if the browser can render emoji, false if it cannot.
 	 */
 	function browserSupportsEmoji( type ) {
-		var stringFromCharCode = String.fromCharCode,
-			flag, flag2, emoji41, emoji42;
+		var isIdentical;
 
 		if ( ! context || ! context.fillText ) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		// Cleanup from previous test.
-		context.clearRect( 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height );
-
 		/*
 		 * Chrome on OS X added native emoji rendering in M41. Unfortunately,
 		 * it doesn't work when the font is bolder than 500 weight. So, we
@@ -45,16 +64,12 @@
 				 * To test for support, we try to render it, and compare the rendering to how it would look if
 				 * the browser doesn't render it correctly ([U] + [N]).
 				 */
-				context.fillText( stringFromCharCode( 55356, 56826, 55356, 56819 ), 0, 0 );
-				flag = canvas.toDataURL();
+				isIdentical = emojiSetsRenderIdentically(
+					[ 55356, 56826, 55356, 56819 ],
+					[ 55356, 56826, 8203, 55356, 56819 ]
+				);
 
-				context.clearRect( 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height );
-
-				// Add a zero width space between the characters, to force rendering as characters.
-				context.fillText( stringFromCharCode( 55356, 56826, 8203, 55356, 56819 ), 0, 0 );
-				flag2 = canvas.toDataURL();
-
-				if ( flag === flag2 ) {
+				if ( isIdentical ) {
 					return false;
 				}
 
@@ -65,19 +80,13 @@
 				 * To test for support, we try to render it, and compare the rendering to how it would look if
 				 * the browser doesn't render it correctly (black flag emoji + [G] + [B] + [E] + [N] + [G]).
 				 */
-				// Cleanup from previous test.
-				context.clearRect( 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height );
+				isIdentical = emojiSetsRenderIdentically(
+					[ 55356, 57332, 56128, 56423, 56128, 56418, 56128, 56421, 56128, 56430, 56128, 56423, 56128, 56447 ],
+					[ 55356, 57332, 8203, 56128, 56423, 8203, 56128, 56418, 8203, 56128, 56421, 8203, 56128, 56430, 8203, 56128, 56423, 8203, 56128, 56447 ]
+				);
 
-				context.fillText( stringFromCharCode( 55356, 57332, 56128, 56423, 56128, 56418, 56128, 56421, 56128, 56430, 56128, 56423, 56128, 56447 ), 0, 0 );
-				flag = canvas.toDataURL();
-
-				context.clearRect( 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height );
-
-				context.fillText( stringFromCharCode( 55356, 57332, 8203, 56128, 56423, 8203, 56128, 56418, 8203, 56128, 56421, 8203, 56128, 56430, 8203, 56128, 56423, 8203, 56128, 56447 ), 0, 0 );
-				flag2 = canvas.toDataURL();
-
-				return flag !== flag2;
-			case 'emoji4':
+				return ! isIdentical;
+			case 'emoji':
 				/*
 				 * Emoji 5 has fairies of all genders.
 				 *
@@ -85,15 +94,11 @@
 				 * it to how it would look if the browser doesn't render it correctly
 				 * (fairy + male sign).
 				 */
-				context.fillText( stringFromCharCode( 55358, 56794, 8205, 9794, 65039 ), 0, 0 );
-				emoji41 = canvas.toDataURL();
-
-				context.clearRect( 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height );
-
-				context.fillText( stringFromCharCode( 55358, 56794, 8203, 9794, 65039 ), 0, 0 );
-				emoji42 = canvas.toDataURL();
-
-				return emoji41 !== emoji42;
+				isIdentical = emojiSetsRenderIdentically(
+					[ 55358, 56794, 8205, 9794, 65039 ],
+					[ 55358, 56794, 8203, 9794, 65039 ]
+				);
+				return ! isIdentical;
 		}
 
 		return false;
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@
 		document.getElementsByTagName( 'head' )[0].appendChild( script );
 	}
 
-	tests = Array( 'flag', 'emoji4' );
+	tests = Array( 'flag', 'emoji' );
 
 	settings.supports = {
 		everything: true,
diff --git a/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.min.js b/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.min.js
index 5af5e339ab..f3a0511cf5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.min.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(a,b,c){function d(a){var b,c,d,e,f=String.fromCharCode;if(!k||!k.fillText)return!1;switch(k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.textBaseline="top",k.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return k.fillText(f(55356,56826,55356,56819),0,0),b=j.toDataURL(),k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.fillText(f(55356,56826,8203,55356,56819),0,0),c=j.toDataURL(),b!==c&&(k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.fillText(f(55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447),0,0),b=j.toDataURL(),k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.fillText(f(55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447),0,0),c=j.toDataURL(),b!==c);case"emoji4":return k.fillText(f(55358,56794,8205,9794,65039),0,0),d=j.toDataURL(),k.clearRect(0,0,j.width,j.height),k.fillText(f(55358,56794,8203,9794,65039),0,0),e=j.toDataURL(),d!==e}return!1}function e(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var f,g,h,i,j=b.createElement("canvas"),k=j.getContext&&j.getContext("2d");for(i=Array("flag","emoji4"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},h=0;h<i.length;h++)c.supports[i[h]]=d(i[h]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[i[h]],"flag"!==i[h]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[i[h]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(g=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",g,!1),a.addEventListener("load",g,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",g),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),f=c.source||{},f.concatemoji?e(f.concatemoji):f.wpemoji&&f.twemoji&&(e(f.twemoji),e(f.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
\ No newline at end of file
+!function(a,b,c){function d(a,b){var c=String.fromCharCode;l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,a),0,0);var d=k.toDataURL();l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,b),0,0);var e=k.toDataURL();return d===e}function e(a){var b;if(!l||!l.fillText)return!1;switch(l.textBaseline="top",l.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return!(b=d([55356,56826,55356,56819],[55356,56826,8203,55356,56819]))&&(b=d([55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447],[55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447]),!b);case"emoji":return b=d([55358,56794,8205,9794,65039],[55358,56794,8203,9794,65039]),!b}return!1}function f(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var g,h,i,j,k=b.createElement("canvas"),l=k.getContext&&k.getContext("2d");for(j=Array("flag","emoji"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},i=0;i<j.length;i++)c.supports[j[i]]=e(j[i]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[j[i]],"flag"!==j[i]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[j[i]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(h=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",h,!1),a.addEventListener("load",h,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",h),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),g=c.source||{},g.concatemoji?f(g.concatemoji):g.wpemoji&&g.twemoji&&(f(g.twemoji),f(g.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
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diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index d1706e2474..f2019cb9ea 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-41668';
+$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-41669';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.