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Weekly Rewards improvements

I am in the Weekly Rewards beta and have some feedback on the current UX and wording.

A. The progress states are difficult to distinguish

Right now, several different states look identical. I want to be able to see a difference when:

  1. I already earned progress today and need to wait until tomorrow
  2. A new day has started, but I am not yet earning progress
  3. A new day has started and I am currently earning progress
  4. I have just finished earning progress for the day (transitions to state 1)

At the moment, all we see is a progress bar. This makes it unclear whether:

  • progress is working correctly,
  • I have already claimed today’s progress, or
  • the system is bugged.

Some clearer status text, timestamps, labels, colours, icons or animations would help significantly.

I have noticed the Toast that gets displayed when progress is earned while watching a Clip. I don't think I've seen it in any other context.

B. The help article wording is ambiguous

The article says:

“Tip: Only your first qualifying activity each day counts toward your progress.”

I believe this is intended to mean that progress can only be earned once per day per channel.

However, the wording initially made me think that the type of activity was locked in for the day. For example:

  • if I started by watching a VOD,
  • then got interrupted,
  • I could only continue with a VOD,
  • and switching to a livestream or clip would no longer count.

In its current state this tip is more confusing than helpful (to me).

C. The required watch lengths feel inconsistent

The thresholds currently feel mismatched depending on the intended goal.

If the goal is simply to confirm a viewer showed up, something like:

  • 5 seconds for a clip
  • 1 minute for a stream
  • 1 minute for a VOD

would feel more consistent.

If the goal is meaningful engagement/watch time, then something like:

  • watching a full clip
  • 5 minutes for a stream
  • 5 minutes for a VOD

would make more sense.

D. Daily reset timing is unclear

It is not clear when a new “day” begins for Weekly Rewards, or whether the reset time is localised to the user’s timezone. You do state when the "week" resets but perhaps, combined with changes mentioned in point A, you could state "Come back in 19 hours for more progress" or something similar, especially if it's not aligned with midnight in most places.
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  • thesunstar commented  ·   ·  Report

    https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/928738-badges-emotes/suggestions/51596612-blossom-badge-weekly-rewards-feedback
    (Sorry I couldn't post this sooner. I also wasn't sure that where I posted it was the right place, so am also posting this here.) I wanted to give some feedback still regarding the July 2026 Blossom Weekly Rewards Badge. I was part of both test groups: the Blossom and the Bloom Weekly Rewards. Unlike with the Bloom Badge test, throughout the Blossom Badge test I did not get ANY progress tracking, nor did I see any of the banners that I saw during the previous Bloom Badge test that told me of the Badge and/or how to get the Badge. Banners saying that a VOD or Clip was eligible did not appear on any VODs or Clips. The only reason I even found out that I could get the Badge was through a lucky accident. One of the Streamers I watched happened to Stream 3 days in a row, of which I caught all 3 Streams, which counted (I know from the previous test and this test that that doesn't always happen) and the only reason I know any of this (as again no progress trackers alerted me of anything) is because I also happened to change my Badge on that exact Channel at that time and saw a new little sprout Badge. If I had not been in the previous test group I still would have had no idea what it was from or how any of it worked. Thankfully I was, so I started paying extra attention. I tested it on multiple Channels. There were many times when I watched 3 Streams/Clips/VODs on 3 separate days in a week but it did not count. When this happened, because there wasn't a progress tracker, I had no idea which of the 3 -or how many of the 3- did not count. Sometimes it took quite a lot of trial and error on my part throughout the entire week to make progress on the Badge before it reset at the end of the week.
    I hope this feedback is helpful and not posted too late.
  • Pilk_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also, not clear to me but it seems that if you don't unlock a full progress bar in a week your progress resets, which seems unfair.
  • thesunstar commented  ·   ·  Report

    It feels so odd, as testers of a new feature, that this is the place (Twitch User Voice) -the only place- to give feedback about our experiences testing the feature.... this place feels so dead. Not just user-wise, but staff-wise too... and no wonder (at least on the users' part) as earlier I lost all my tabs and actually had trouble finding my way back here. There wasn't a very obvious way to get back here.
  • thesunstar commented  ·   ·  Report

    I too was in the testing group and also have feedback I'd like to share:

    In the official Twitch FAQ (https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/weekly-rewards) for Weekly Rewards there are these 2 statements:
    * "All Channel Points and badges you earn during the event are yours to keep."
    * "Do I keep all versions of the badge as I upgrade? No. Each new badge upgrade replaces the previous version. You'll only have the latest version of the badge for that channel."
    These two statements contradict each other - as the first statement states that you get ALL BadgeS (plural) that you've earned, and then the following statement says you do NOT get to keep them all, only the latest one. So at the least this should be worded a bit better. At best, however, I would greatly suggest rethinking overriding the previous Badge with the next level's Badge - as viewers who like a lower reward tier will feel pressured to NOT watch until the Weekly Rewards period is over in order to keep their favorite Badge. People may stop signing in, or feel stuck between missing out on fun streams and keeping up their Watch Streaks on favorite Channels because they like a lower tier Weekly Reward Badge more than the highest. This seems rather counter to the whole idea.

    Also the FAQ page states "Weekly Rewards runs until June 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM PT" but on Channel pages, when tapping/clicking for more information, it states "Event ends on June 15".

    I have, as the original poster has stated, also found it a bit confusing regarding reset timing and progress. There were times when progress seemed stuck and then after signing in another time it would suddenly be fixed, and once or twice it did not seem to register progress on a new day on one Channel, but did on the other Channels - even though I had watched the Channel where it did not register progress in between the ones where it did register (so it wasn't because I was too late or early for the day). (Also, after the first week it did not update for me after Sunday at all, on any Channel, for the whole of that second week.)

    Other than the above, I've had a really positive experience with Weekly Rewards. I really like the idea as a whole, and it's great that you can gain these rewards from enjoying Twitch in any way: live Streams, VODs, and Clips! Because of it I have found myself visiting Channels I haven't visited in a while, and as for the Channels I already frequent - it feels really nice to be rewarded and acknowledged as such!