Twitter Details Olympian Emoji Effort for 2020 Summer Games

The social network also geared up its Explore tab, Topics, lists

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Hashtag-triggered emojis in more than 30 languages will be available on Twitter throughout the 2020 Summer Olympic Games from Tokyo, accessible by including #Olympics and the related hashtag in the desired language.

Emoji will also be available for each country competing in the Games, and they can be unlocked via each country’s three-character hashtag, or #EOR for the Refugee Olympic Team.

A custom Explore tab during the event will highlight event pages, lists, partner Moments, Twitter Moments and Topics.

On the topic of Topics, the social network created a series of custom ones for the Games, as well as custom event pages for each country and sport, with the country pages featuring the top tweets documenting each country’s respective experiences in Tokyo.

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