Twitch announced today that it will release major updates to its Emotes this month to celebrate its 10th anniversary. These new features will include Animated Emotes, Follower ... follow button on ...

Twitch is announcing some big updates to emotes on Friday, including that animated emotes will soon be available on the live-streaming platform. Emotes are a huge part of the experience of Twitch.

There will be an extra motivation to pay, mind you. Twitch is introducing Animated Emotes for Tier 1 subscribers that, as the name implies, add a dash of movement.

Follower emotes should give streamers another way to make viewers feel as though they're part of a community, even if they're unable to subscribe. Twitch also said affiliates should gain access to ...

Twitch is adding a very animated way to support your favorite streamers. Today the service is introducing the beta of a new feature called “cheering,” which lets you purchase animated chat ...

Twitch's gaming streamers will now be able let their viewers pop animated GIFs into their live broadcasts, under a deal with Giphy. Terms of the pact are not being disclosed.