Although not visible to all users yet, Facebook tries to add GIF and attachment buttons.
Over the last few days some users have noticed that when a chat window opens on Facebook, two new icons appear next to the old ones (photo, stickers and like), which now appear to the right of the window instead of to 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 remarkable as even on mobile, you should download a separate integrated app like Giphy before you can search for and share GIF images.
Adding the new button no longer requires software to share GIFs in your conversations.
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.
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