Although they are not visible to all of them users Facebook is also testing the addition of GIF and attachment buttons.
Over the last few days some users have noticed that when they open a Facebook chat window, two new icons appear next to the old ones (photo, stickers and like), which now appear to the right of the window instead of the left. Let's look at what we describe above:
To understand this is the old chat window (which may still apply to you):
And below is the new look:
Clicking on the GIF icon will display a list of randomly selected GIF files, as well as a search box that shows a search for "GIFS and stickers in all applications".
This is of course very interesting, as so far the application reportedly only supports mobile devices and today's update says nothing about it. But it could be indicative of future features to come.
GIF support is also notable since even on mobile, you'll need to download a separate full-featured app like Giphy before you can search and share them. pictures Gif.
With the addition of the new button no more is needed software to share GIFs in your chats.
The same goes for attachments. In fact, you can already attach all kinds of files to Facebook chat, but you must first click on the gear icon and then select "Add Files". It is possible that too many users are not using the feature as they are unaware that it is available.
