The “Battle of the GIF”… this is what we will soon be calling it. Sure, GIFs are trendy, GIFs are sexy, and GIFs are starting to be everywhere on social media. Almost every platform now supports them, and yesterday Twitter started testing out a dedicated GIF button on its mobile app, much like the one we already find within Facebook Messenger.
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The new feature was first spotted by Phil Pearlman who quickly shared the news on his Twitter account… However, a few minutes after Phil shared the news, the button had disappeared from his app.
If people aren't seeing it yet twttr is testing way cool gif feature. cc @bluechoochoo pic.twitter.com/LuTsVeUiSs
— Phil Pearlman (@ppearlman) February 4, 2016
The button is obviously being currently tested among a few users but it could well be officially rolled out to everyone very soon.
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TechCrunch reached out to Twitter and asked about the new feature. The response was quick, short and somehow revealing in the form of… this GIF:
There is no doubt Twitter does not lack of humour, and also little doubt that GIFs will remain at the heart of the platform battle for many months to come.
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And it’s a promising feature, as you can see from what people have already started to share on Twitter:
WAIT WHEN DID THE GIF BUTTON ON HERE BECOME A THING pic.twitter.com/EPbis87b49
— Lex (@Lexiilu22) February 4, 2016
A gif button? Congratulations @twitter pic.twitter.com/zQADagAMSV
— Lee (@Skooshbag) February 4, 2016
Twitter has a gif button pic.twitter.com/fDxWhKAPrT
— 「𝔸𝕣𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙」 (@ArmoredDeath) February 4, 2016
Have you seen the GIF button on your Twitter app yet?
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