If a picture is worth a thousand words, a GIF must be worth a million. The Graphics Interchange Format has changed the way we interact online. These looping images are often sent as reactions, conversation starters, or just pieces of entertaining content. Now, Viber’s new feature lets you turn your expressions into GIFs for any convo you might find yourself in. Pushing the limits of online messaging, it’s a fitting addition to Viber’s Group Video Call feature released last month, as well as group chats for up to 250 people and group voice calls for up to 20 people.
Whenever you’re at a loss for words, or just want to record your facial reactions for friends, just make a GIF with Viber. In any chat, Viber’s users can record a short video with the app’s new camera, or select a video from their gallery, and turn it into a legendary looping GIF in boomerang, fast play, or reverse modes.
Turning a video into a new GIF only takes three steps. First, trim the video to select the perfect part to star in the GIF. Then, choose a play mode for the GIF—from boomerang for endless looping, to reverse mode, slow-play, and x2 or x4 fast-play. Finally, style the new GIF with text in various fonts and colors, as well doodles or stickers. This game-changing feature is now available on iOS for all Viber users, with Android support to be added in the following weeks.
“Especially during these times, Viber is committed to empowering users to express themselves in various ways as they communicate over instant messages. As we like to say at Viber, if an emoji is used to replace a word, GIFs and stickers can replace an entire sentence. Now, with our custom GIFs, users can express themselves more accurately and do it in a more fun and funny way,” said Ofir Eyal, COO of Rakuten Viber.
Make your chats more lively and GIF yourself with Viber now!
