You can finally search for GIFs on Twitter

February 17, 2016

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On Twitter, GIFs have a booming presence. Over 100 million of them were shared in 2015 alone. People just love these little animated pieces of media because of their brief, expressive nature.

Twitter is doing its best to help you find GIFs on the service by allowing you to search tweets and direct messages.

The GIFs are coming! Get ready to search and send GIFs in Tweets and Direct Messages: https://t.co/uk75stt1zN pic.twitter.com/1dDD1B4CW2

— Twitter (@twitter) February 17, 2016

Searching for GIFs on Twitter is as simple as hitting the dedicated GIF button. It activates a menu with various categories, but you can expand upon those choices by using the search bar. Select one and it appears in a draft for you to add text before tweeting out to your followers.

The new feature is live on Twitter for Android, iOS, and web.

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Source: Twitter

Justin Herrick Author

Born and raised in New Jersey, Justin is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University where he studied marketing with a focus on digital marketing. He's very talkative and enjoys discussing anything from technology and sports to video games and television. As for Justin's current device rotation, he carries around the Google Pixel and Nexus 9. In the rare case that his phone or tablet is not in his hand, he is either flicking through cards on his Moto 360 (2015) or typing away on the Microsoft Surface Book. Justin is patiently waiting for the day that Google replicates the Galaxy Nexus with modern day specifications.