Animated GIF support is also being extended to advertisers, who can now use animated images in their ad banners. However, these won’t be supported in sidebar ads, which Facebook is in the ...

January 21, 2014 - 3:35 pm Pinterest is testing out support for playing back GIFs on users’ pinboards, as spotted by the fashion search engine Wantering.

Twitter is the latest social network to announce a collaboration with Giphy (and also Riffsy), with the upcoming arrival of a button for searching GIFs and sharing them in tweets or private messages ...

Though animated GIFs have been around since the 1980s, they have experienced a major comeback as of late. Google+ might be one of the last places you can have animated profile pictures.

The folks at Google seem to have taken some inspiration from Harry Potter, in whose world most photographs are in motion. Thanks to freshly added support for animated GIFs, your Google+ profile ...

— Twitter Support (@Support) June 18, 2014 As far as images go, GIFs are a pretty good way for brands to increase engagement.

Not all browsers support high DPI yet, but the subtle change should improve the viewing experience over time. Alongside the DPI improvements, Microsoft is finally supporting animated GIFs in SkyDrive.

Version 6.1 brings several changes, including barcode scanning for price-comparison shopping, Uber integration, animated GIF support and other user experience changes and optimizations.

Until now, animated GIFs worked only in messaging and third-party apps, despite Apple's similar Live Photos format, launched alongside iOS 9 and the iPhone 6s in 2015.