What Is a GIF?
Chances are you’ve seen or used GIFs before. A GIF—which stands for graphics interchange format—is a short, animated picture that can be shared on different social media platforms. They gained popularity for their ease of use, allowing people to use animations or reactions without using an actual video.
How to Create a GIF in the Twitter App on Your iPhone
Sharing GIFs in a tweet has been possible for a long time now, however, creating a custom GIF in-app is a new and much-wanted feature. This involves using the iPhone’s camera user interface, so if you’ve ever tweeted a photo or video before, you’ll likely be familiar with the process:
Open up the Twitter app on your iPhone. Tap the Compose Tweet button at the bottom right. Tap the camera button, and you should see a GIF option at the bottom of the screen. 3 Images Close Tap on the GIF button, and tap on the Record button. The Record button should record a small clip (of a few seconds), which you can then use as a GIF. Once recorded, tap on the single arrow or double arrow to choose what type of GIF you want. The single arrow will only play the GIF forward, while the double arrow will play the GIF forward and then backward. 2 Images Close Once you’re happy with the result, tap Use GIF. You can tap Retake if you want to re-record the GIF.
That’s it. Your very own GIF is now ready to share with the world!
As of March 2022, the feature is only available on iOS, but it’ll most likely be released on Android soon. Unfortunately, it’s not available on iPadOS either, which means iPad users will have to wait for an update.
The GIF will automatically be saved into your Photos folder, allowing you to use it again somewhere else if you want to.
Twitter’s New Features
Twitter has recently been adding new features to its iOS apps, including a downvote feature, sort replies feature, and so on. It is good to see new changes coming to the app, which will hopefully also be introduced to Android and iPadOS soon.
