How to search and share GIFs on Android
The largest repository of images GIF, those animations that circulate on the Internet, social networks and applications , improve your application for the platform Android And it is that Giphy , which is what this service is called, had forgotten the Google platform, offering its users a single app with which to share these animated images through the Facebook Messenger application exclusively.Now Giphy expands your possibilities to share this content through any other application
In this way, Giphy for Messenger, which is how this application was known before, is renamed Giphy. All the GIFs Something that allows you to break free from the dominance of the Facebook messaging app to open up new channels through which share these fun and expressive animated image files. Or what is the same, you can now send GIFs through WhatsApp, in the email or save them to a note on your mobile. Of course, not all applications support playing GIFs, but they can be viewed by clicking on the now shareable link.
At the moment, Giphy has released the update for Android staggered, which means that it will still take to reach all users and different countrieswhere it can be downloaded. All you have to do is access the application and select a content to see if the new options are active when sending said GIF through other applications Otherwise, it will be necessary keep waiting for the update to arrive with its notable benefits.
Its operation continues unchanged, working as repository to use You just have to access the application and write one or several keywords in the search bar In a few seconds, a huge number of GIFs appear on the screen. By selecting any of them it is possible to see it in a larger size, together with the labels that classify it and the rest of the GIFs with which it is related.
At this point, you just have to choose the share option to choose the way you want to send it. This process is carried out thanks to a link, so that the receiver can click and access the content. The good news is that there are already some apps like Telegram or Facebook Messenger that directly display theGIF in the conversation, without having to click on the link. The bad news is that WhatsApp is not one of those apps.
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For those who do not know Giphy, it must be said that it is a web page that has ended up being the reference in terms of the GIF animations, and that is where all creations of this type end up. That is why it has provided its services to numerous tools, social networks and other Internet companies, allowing users to search and share their animated images in those services where it has been integrated.In 2014 it also brought its content to mobile phones through applications. Initially only for iOS, later promising its arrival on Android However, the agreement with Facebook seems to have limited its potential, only taking advantage of the channel of Facebook Messenger to search and share such content. Now this ballast has been released for the good of the users.
The new version of Giphy has already been released via Google Play Store for free, although it may still take a few days to arrive in Spain.