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Twitter is adding a button on iOS, Android and the Web so you can search for GIFs by keyword and insert them into tweets and direct messages with a single tap.
Fortunately for Twitter, the GIF button has earned them some rare praise. The new feature is currently being tested on a small group of users.
Twitter says we shared over 100 million GIFs on the platform in 2015, so the button is a natural fit. The GIF button is rolling out on iOS, Android and twitter.com over the next few weeks.
A number of Twitter users are tweeting that they’ve spotted a dedicated GIF button on the platform’s mobile app. Many of the tweets regarding the feature appropriately also contain GIFs.
It could even add to the confusion. Animated GIFs alone won't save Twitter's dwindling stock price. But they're a heck of a lot of fun, and that might be just what Twitter needs right now.
The button will enable users to find and post GIFs from sites likes Giphy and Tenor. GIF or Graphic Interchange Format is a bitmap format developed by Steve Wilhite exactly 30 years ago.
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