To make a GIF on your iPhone, you can convert a Live Photo in the Photos app or use apps like GIPHY. Converting Live Photos lets you make quick pseudo-GIFs with photos you've taken yourself. GIPHY ...

The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, was first developed by computer scientist working at CompuServe back in 1987. And while it has swelled or dipped, the debate over how to pronounce the acronym ...

A very simple process that makes using Chrome that much better A very simple process that makes using Chrome that much better I spend a lot of time trying to personalize every aspect of my laptop: ...

Sometimes a GIF just puts it better than any text comment possibly could. No matter your reason for using one, animated GIFs are a great way to add something fun to your Facebook status, or break up ...

Sometimes, whether you’re chatting with friends or posting on social media, words just aren’t enough — you need a GIF to fully convey your feelings. If there’s a moment from a YouTube video that you ...

Here at WIRED, we love GIFs. From animated steampunk stills to mind-bending visual warps, the GIF is charming, efficient, and highly entertaining. Thus, we were super excited to learn a trick that ...

Even if you’ve never heard of Steve Wilhite, the amount of time you’ve spent staring at computer graphics powered by technology he created may be incalculable. Wilhite did not come up with the GIF ...

So you saw a fun GIF on X, formerly known as Twitter. That's cool, good for you, seems like fun. Now you want to save it for your own personal use. That's cool, too, but unfortunately a bit more ...

We can’t settle iPhone vs. Android or “Star Wars” vs. “Star Trek” for you. But another long-running geek debate was put to rest Tuesday night. Those short, animated loops that have captivated the Web ...

If you used a “soft G” like in "jelly" to pronounce the popular peanut butter brand, you got it right. And if you went with a hard “G” like in "goodie" for those frequently shared looping videos, you ...

In the days of fast communication, sometimes an animated GIF can be perfect for certain situations. That, or you can just be having some fun with a friend or relative by sending amusing images to each ...

After the Journal app came to older devices this month, Google looks to be bringing Pixel Studio to the Pixel 8 series with a new ability to animate images and share them as GIFs.