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Gboard is already very familiar with GIFs, stickers, and emoji, since you can search for them from within the keyboard. However, today’s update automatically surfaces relevant GIFs, stickers, and emoji without the need to search for them. According to Google’s blog post. Gboard will automatically use AI to suggest the aforementioned content. For example, when you type out a phrase like “Good morning,” the “G” logo on the top-left corner of the suggestions strip changes to a GIF button. Tapping the GIF button shows you relevant GIFs, stickers, and emoji. Google was spotted testing the new update with a small group of users back in September. It essentially makes it faster and easier to share your feelings in the form of stickers, GIFs, and emojis. The latest Gboard update also includes more than 40 new language varieties. It comes days after a beta version of Gboard for Android was spotted with a floating keyboard feature. That feature is designed to l...

GIFs can now be added to messages on Instagram Direct. In a blog post , Instagram announced that tapping the new GIF button in the composer bar in any message thread will bring up a library of trending GIFs, powered by Giphy.  It’s already part of the Instagram toolkit by way of Story Stickers, which allow you to put moving images on top of your Story posts. So the inclusion of it in the DMs isn’t too drastic of a change. Starting today, Instagram Direct will have a GIF button on the composition bar. When you click on it, you’ll be shown a library of the latest trending GIFs, as determined by Giphy itself. If “trending” doesn’t really suit your needs, you can also search for the exact reaction you want. If you’re feeling lucky, you can just type the general search term and hit “random,” meaning Giphy will send your friend the GIF it deems most appropriate for the scenario. There’s also a ‘random’ button which s...

Ever felt you don"t like the photo filter on your Snapchat and you wish you want a better one or want to create your own if luck shines on you. Hey, you wish is about to come through, as the photos sharing platform is in to give its users a special treat as the platform is expanding its developer platform to let creators build face filters for the first time. Earlier this month, Snapchat introduced a new feature that allows you to group video chat with friends . Now roughly four months after introducing its Lens Studio platform, which allowed creators to build the augmented reality objects that Snap calls “world lenses,” Snapchat is now releasing seven new templates into Lens Studio to let creators build digital masks. The templates, which range in complexity, include virtual baseball hats, face paint, and even attach 2D and 3D images to a user’s head . In addition to new templates, the Lens Studio is also getting Giphy integration starting today. In February, Snapcha...

How often do you use GIF? It could be a way of expressing a feeling, a gesture or a remark. GIF is one of the basic tools most people add to their messages via social media platforms to help spice up their conversations. Google has added the GIF platform Tenor among it"s list of acquisitions owned by the company. Tenor, a four-year-old startup that attracts about 300 million people per month to its GIF search tool, where more than 12 billion search requests are made per month. It will continue to run under the Tenor brand within Google. Google stated that the startup will help Google Images and other products that use GIFs such as Gboard chat to help the search giant show users “the right GIFs in the moment” that matches the users mood. Google’s director of engineering Cathy Edwards said in a blog post. “Most people now use Google Images to find more information about a topic, and to help them communicate and express themselves— case in point, we see millio...