Instagram launched GIF comments the week of May 15. Here's your guide to using them to hype up your friends' photos.

Instagram has been allowing users to respond to Stories with a GIF for some time now. It will now be expanding the feature to its comment section. Some Instagram users will notice that they’re ...

With the new Instagram GIF comments feature, users will be able to use GIFs in the comment section. Lots of users will find this feature impressive, as GIFs are a common part of chats between friends.

After previewing their addition in an Instagram broadcast with Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri on Monday, the company launched GIF comments and Reels editing updates during a creators workshop in ...

So there you have it, you can finally comment on a post with a GIF. Maybe this means Instagram will finally get around to making a dedicated iPad app at some point.

Instagram’s latest GIF update falls in line with fellow Meta Platforms-owned social media app Facebook. That 19-year-old social networking company added the GIF option for status replies in 2017.

Adam Mosseri/Instagram The Instagram comment section has remained mostly the same since the app's initial release, with the only major change being the addition of GIFs a couple of months ago ...

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