WhatsApp trick: How to send GIFs on Android, iOS smartphones
WhatsApp trick: There is a rule in the world of social media – You should always reply to a GIF, with a GIF. The Graphics Interchange Format is highly popular among WhatsApp users, even though the platform has launched Stickers since. From movie clips to expressions to animated GIFs, there is a wide variety available on the Facebook-owned platform as per the mood of the chat and thoughts one wants to express.
WhatsApp trick: There is a rule in the world of social media – You should always reply to a GIF, with a GIF. The Graphics Interchange Format is highly popular among WhatsApp users, even though the platform has launched Stickers since. From movie clips to expressions to animated GIFs, there is a wide variety available on the Facebook-owned platform as per the mood of the chat and thoughts one wants to express. WhatsApp users can also add caption to the images, if required. But, how to send one? Well, let us tell you.
Open the WhatsApp application on your smartphone and tap on a particular person’s contact or a group you want to send a GIF to. You can select a new chat as well.
Now, the iPhone users need to tap the ‘+’ icon on the left-hand side of the text box and choose the ‘Photo and video library’ option. Once you do this, all the photos and videos stored on your iPhone camera will be visible. You need to tap on the ‘GIF’ option present in the bottom left corner.
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As far as Android users go, you need to tap the ‘smiley’ button beside the chatbox where the usual ‘type a message’ is visible. It will open the more frequently used smileys and you will see a GIF option at the bottom. It will automatically show you several existing GIFs as you scroll.
From here, you can choose the GIFs that popped up and surf until you find one or you can search for a particular GIF. Tap on the GIF you want to send, a preview of the same will appear. You can either send or choose another GIF.
Meanwhile, the Facebook-owned platform has reportedly ditched the ‘Vacation Mode’ feature, it has been working on for a while. This feature has been in development since 2018 for WhatsApp’s Android and iOS apps. It lets you mute archived chats so that they remain hidden as they’re supposed to.
According to WABetaInfo who discovered this Vacation Mode, WhatsApp has “abandoned” this feature.
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