Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp roll out new features to follow Olympics

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Home News Internet (Image credit: Facebook) As the Olympics fever grips the world and there is a good demand for various types of content and information for fans to keep tabs on their favourite teams, players and events, Facebook and the two platforms owned by it, Instagram and WhatsApp, are rolling out new features. They include a full-fledged Games hub, AR effects for Stories, and video highlights to keep you up to date.Facebook’s Olympic hub will have highlights from official Olympic broadcast partners, team and athlete overviews, explainers of competitions new to the Games, Olympic history, as well as posts from friends and more. Fans can visit the hub directly or by clicking on the #Olympics or #Tokyo2020 hashtags.How to watch Track Athletics at Olympics 2020: key dates, free live stream and moreSamsung phones at the Olympics: 20 years of sports-themed smartphonesAR effects on Instagram provide a new experienceInstagram will use AR effects and provide a new experience in both Stories and Reels. The AR effects are now accessible through the effects tabs on both @olympics and @Tokyo2020 accounts.”In one AR effect, fans can attempt to mirror the movements of Miraitowa, the official Olympics mascot and earn AR medals for…
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