When I type :) it changes to a b&w smiley, android 13, galaxy a13
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Is that specific to some app or does that happen everywhere? And I guess what you want is to have them turned into colored emojis?
It happens in the notification bar and search bar, and, to clarify, I would like them to stay as just the symbols - :)
Try a different keyboard.