GIF

As part of recent update to the Facebook app, a GIF option has been added to the app's built-in camera that lets you record your own three-second clips. First reported by The Next Web, "GIFs created through this feature are short, and only last a few seconds. As expected, you can use the full range of...

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the GIF bitmap image format today, Facebook has finally enabled the use of GIFs in comments for everyone. "Today we’re introducing the ability to add GIFs in comments for all people on Facebook globally”, announced the social networking giant in an official newsroom post.  We know people love communicating with GIFs...

Facebook lets you send GIFs in Messenger, but there is currently no way to send a GIF as a reaction to a comment on Facebook itself. According to TechCrunch, Facebook is about to start testing a GIF button that will let users post GIFs in comments. The button will pull from various GIF repositories like...

Popular messaging app WhatsApp is finally getting support for animated GIFs, something almost every other messaging app out already supports. According to @WABetaInfo, which tracks changes to WhatsApp beta updates (via iCulture), the upcoming WhatsApps update that takes the app to version 2.16.7.1, will autoplay GIF links and embed them directly into your conversations, TheNextWeb reports. "That’s a far...