BetterTTV

BetterTTV (BTTV) is a browser extension for the Twitch.tv chat interface that expands the platform’s features by adding a large collection of emotes and improved chat tools. Created to enhance expressiveness and viewer interaction, BTTV integrates with Twitch’s chat to display a broader set of emotes and provide easier access to them.

The extension maintains two categories of emotes: global emotes, available in all channels, and channel emotes, which are enabled by the streamer or channel moderators. Community members can contribute emotes to the BTTV library, subject to approval, and channel owners can curate which emotes appear in their chat. This system allows fans to use a wider range of icons beyond Twitch’s built-in set.

A central feature is the emote menu, a picker that lets users browse, search, and insert BTTV emotes directly from the chat input. This is complemented by settings that control emote display options, shortcut keys, and the activation of BTTV on specific channels.

BTTV is available for major browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge, and is distributed through official extension stores. It operates as a third-party enhancement for Twitch and is not officially affiliated with Twitch, though it is widely used by viewers and streamers who want expanded emote support.