Bits allow you to express yourself on Twitch through animated icons, and can make your message stand out from the crowd (these are called Cheers). Depending on how many Bits you spend, your Cheer ...

The Bits icon is located in the same place in the mobile app. William Antonelli/Business Insider 3. A screen will appear, showing all the emotes you can use to Cheer with on this channel.

At launch, Twitch says 80 percent of the revenue share associated with Bits in Extensions will go to the creator — as they’re the ones driving traffic to the Extension through their channel.

Every partner and affiliate creator with a Bits-enabled channel can now install the new Extensions. Twitch is currently rolling out more than 30 of them as part of an initial beta program.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. ... but Bits allow Twitch users to tip streamers without leaving the platform. Affiliates and partners receive $0.01 for every Bit used on their channel.

The Bits update comes from Twitch's interactive 2016 year-in-review slideshow.The presentation calls out Pokémon Go for hitting the top of the charts as a mobile game, and it says No Man's Sky ...

Popular streaming platform Twitch has unveiled its new branding after working on the project over the last year. The Amazon-owned streaming platform for gamers now features a new logo, icon, font ...

Twitch will allow new channels to accept subs and bits. Users have mixed feelings about the change, some excited and others ...