Twitter announced through its support account today that users can new share and view animated GIFs on Twitter.com, and in its Android and iPhone apps.
Here’s proof:
Starting today, you can share and view animated GIFs on http://t.co/wJD8Fp317i, Android and iPhone. http://t.co/XBrAbOm4Ya
— Twitter Support (@Support) June 18, 2014
Note: It appears that with embeds you have to click the image for it to play.
With Vines already becoming a big part of the Twitter experience, this seems like a natural, if not long overdue fit.
It was possible to share and view animated gifs through Twitter using third party apps in the past, but Twitter finally decided to just support them on its own.
I imagine our Twitter experience at large is about to get a whole lot more motion.
Image via Twitter