Neowin News Feed for: Gifs

Instagram enables the ability to comment using GIFs

Steve Bennett — Tue, 16 May 2023 21:46:01 +0000

Much like Facebook, Instagram has now enabled the ability for users to comment on posts using GIFs, which will be enabled from today. The feature allows users to select GIFs from Giphy to post. Read more...

Twitter users can tweet photos, GIFs, and videos together with a new test feature

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:50:01 +0000

Twitter has announced yet another test update that allows users to cram multiple forms of media like GIFs, videos, and images under a single tweet. However, it is available for a limited time only. Read more...

GIF creator, Stephen Wilhite, dies at 74 after contracting COVID-19

Paul Hill — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 02:04:01 +0000

Stephen Wilhite, the creator of the GIF image format, died last week at the age of 74. He passed away after contracting COVID-19 and his funeral was subsequently held on Tuesday this week. Read more...

End-to-end encryption of Messenger chats is now available for everyone

Usama Jawad — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:50:01 +0000

Meta has announced a bunch of changes for end-to-end encrypted communication on its Messenger platforms. Enhancements include notifications for screenshots of disappearing messages, GIFs, and more. Read more...

Yahoo announces revamped desktop messenger app for Windows and Mac, new features in tow

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 21:00:01 +0000

Yahoo has announced a revamped Messenger app for desktop users on Windows and Mac. It brings a number of new features to the app including the ability to send photos and GIFs as well as "unsend" them. Read more...

Facebook now supports animated GIFs in the Timeline

Shreyas Gandhe — Sun, 31 May 2015 05:00:01 +0000

Facebook users will finally be able to post animated GIFs to their timeline albeit using third-party hosts, as the company has finally enabled the support for these files. Read more...

Twitter now supports animated GIFs

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:33:52 +0000

Twitter now supports animated GIFs on its website as well as Android and iPhone apps. Support for the animations isn't available in its Windows Phone app yet, however. Read more...