Game streaming site Twitch today is debuting an always-on chat room feature it’s simply calling “Rooms.” The addition was first announced at its developer event TwitchCon back in October ...

In June 2016, Twitch introduced Cheering, a system that allows viewers to pay their favorite partnered streamers simply by typing an emote into the chat -- and it appears to have paid off.

Eager to get out of the shadow of its money-throwing green rival, Twitch on Thursday unveiled Hype Chat, a new way for its large and mid-sized streamers to earn money from viewers by allowing them ...

Twitch is removing its controversial Hype Chat feature, based on "community feedback". Hype Chat was a feature launched in June that allowed viewers to pay to have messages pinned at the top of a ...

He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Twitch is introducing a new feature, Hype Chat, that lets users pay to pin messages at the top of a streamer’s chat feed.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Twitch showed off a new chat feature this week during its latest Patch Notes episode with ...

During part of that conversation, Shear spoke of features specifically related to the chat function on Twitch, the place where most viewers reside while they watch their favorite content creators.

Twitch is currently trialling a feature that allows viewers to pay up to $100 (£90) in order to get their message highlighted in chat. Dubbed “elevated messaging”, the feature is currently ...