Twitter this week updated its trending topics feature by adding new countries and cities, and also incorporated Google Translate in order to provide tweet translations.
For some time now, users in certain cities like Washington, DC or New York City could drill down and see the trending topics for their city alone rather than worldwide stats. Google has now added 13 countries and six cities to trending topics.
"Almost any topic you can imagine is being discussed on Twitter. The most mentioned ones get highlighted as a Trending Topic in real time, letting people zero in on hot news in specific locations as it's bubbling," Twitter said in a blog post. "Trending Topics is in high demand from folks in cities that aren't yet on the list, so today, we're expanding."
New countries include Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, and Venezuela. Twitter also added Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, Rio De Janeiro, Sydney, and Toronto to its city list. More locations will be added in the future, the company said.
With tweets from all over the world, meanwhile, you're bound to encounter a message written in a language you don't understand. As a result, Twitter has incorporated Google Translate into its service (click above for larger image).
The feature will "display tweet translations in the details pane to give people more access to what people are talking about around the world," Twitter said. "This feature is currently available to a very small percentage of users and will be rolling out to everyone over the coming weeks."