@mapmakere same here. well, right-clicking brings up a menu, in which one of the options is Emoji. On the rare occasions when I feel like using one, I tend to go with Windows/period.
@jayser As informed via mail that notification send is handled by Google, sometimes it takes time to receive but generally it process the notification immediately after every move.
You can also try updating the app once.
Please have him fix the score thermometer while he's at it, thanks – it's down again. This is what is known as a "bug", and generally attempts are made to "debug" such problems.