Twitter India, on Friday launched a special blue umbrella emoji for its Indian users. It is the first weather-related emoji that Twitter has launched in India
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Twitter India, on Friday launched a special blue umbrella emoji for its Indian users. It is the first weather-related emoji that Twitter has launched in India.
We are excited to launch our #Monsoon emoji, to keep you dry during the wettest season in India u00f0u009fu0098u0089. Tweet with #u00e0u00a4u00acu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b6 or the hashtags below! pic.twitter.com/yn5hTCSAuA
— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) June 16, 2017
"We want to celebrate the resilience of the country during the famed Indian monsoon and what better way to do it than with Twitter emojis to bring people closer to shared experiences and delightful conversations," said Viral Jani, Head of Entertainment & TV Partnerships, Twitter India in a statement.
A bright blue umbrella will appear next to the hashtag #Monsoon2017, #Monsoon, #IndiaRains, #Baarish, #MumbaiRains, #DelhiRains, #BengaluruRains #HyderabadRains, #ChennaiRains and #AhmedabadRains, a bright blue umbrella will appear next to the hashtag.
This is how Twitterati reacted to the new development.
Wow ! #MumbaiRains #u00e0u00a4u00acu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b6 is just not only rains but also millions of emotions.
— Mahesh Herambha (@MahiHerambha) June 16, 2017
Yay! Now atleast I can tweet an emoji while drowning due to bad conditions of roads and unclean nallahs! #ProudOfYouCM #eyeroll
— Prerna Dubey (@PortKeyBearer) June 16, 2017
.Like how emojis make monsoons happy and safe, despite Potholes, Water Logging, Diseases and Traffic Issues.
— Varun Shah (@EEvarun) June 16, 2017
Great effort sir..
— u00e0u00a4u009cu00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u009eu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a5u0087u00e0u00a4u0082u00e0u00a4u00a6u00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u00b0 u00e0u00a4u0097u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00bf u00f0u009fu009au00a9 (@Gyan431) June 16, 2017
#u00e0u00a4u00acu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b6
How will it be safe until govt.resolves mumbai traffic nd roads issues.
— Dhara Prajapati (@prajapatidhara6) June 16, 2017
Tweet using the emoji and all the pothole filled roads under the BMC and MMRDA just disappear? Yay!! What an idea, Sirji!
— Frank_M (@IAmFrank_M) June 16, 2017
excited to use #Monsoon emoji, to keep me dry during tweeting . Tweet with #u00e0u00a4u00acu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b6 or the hashtags below! pic.twitter.com/vMWU8Z6Yl1
— Surendra barmer (@basant_paanwala) June 16, 2017