Home › News ›

Android Messenger Updated with GIF Support

Mar 13, 2015, 2:37 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Google today pushed out a minor update to its Messenger application for Android phones. The primary new feature included in the update is support for GIFs, which can be used to liven up conversations. The app also has a new home screen widget and general performance improvements. Google Messenger, which provides SMS and MMS messaging, is free to download from the Google Play Store.

Related

Sony Updates Flagship Phone With New Camera

May 11, 2023
Sony has announced the Xperia 1 V, a $1,400 flagship phone aimed at professional content creators. The design is a minor iteration of last year's Xperia 1 IV.

Apple Previews Major New Accessibility Features for iOS

May 17, 2023
Apple today previewed several new accessibility features that are coming to iPhone and iPad later this year. The major new features address those with speech, cognitive, and vision disabilities.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Can Run Generative AI Voice Assistant On-Device

Oct 24, 2023
Qualcomm has taken the wraps off its new flagship chip for phones: the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Unsurprisingly, AI is the emphasis among the new features and performance gains.

Arm Announces Most Efficient Processors Cores for Phones to Date

May 29, 2024
Arm has revealed a new, more efficient set of processor core designs intended for the chips that power smartphones and similar devices. This year's release is more tightly optimized for Android than ever, with new Android software libraries that accelerate AI tasks running on Arm CPUs.

iOS 18 Overhauls Home Screen, Messaging, Photos

Jun 10, 2024
Apple just announced iOS 18 for iPhones. The update will bring a slew of new features, with the biggest changes coming to home screen icons, messaging, and the Photos app.

more news about:

Comments

This forum is closed.

This forum is closed.

gloopey1

Mar 14, 2015, 11:01 PM

Does not Support Some Tablets

FYI - This app has limited accessibility.

KraventheRaven

Mar 13, 2015, 3:28 PM

About time!

How difficult is it to include GIF support on messengers? I honestly want to know because FB messenger (both the app and the pc version) and FB itself don't have this and as far as I know neither does Whatsapp.

Page 1 of 1

Android Messenger Updated with GIF Support

Comments

Review: HTC U12+