[Updated] Giphy can embed GIFs directly into Facebook feeds

Giphy is a great source of GIFs for people who need to share their feelings through animated images. It was impossible to embed a GIF into Facebook for friends to watch and comment. You used to have to click out of Facebook to the source for viewing.

Now Giphy has opened the doors to sharing GIFs through Facebook by allowing users to embed them into a timeline. Embedding doesn’t work 100% of the time as Facebook might not read the embed correctly.

The embed is actually a workaround as the GIF is converted into a format readable by Facebook for looping playback.

Now you can communicate with your friends through GIFs all the time.

Source: Giphy | The Verge

[Update] Mashable has found that the embedding GIFs into Facebook adds a “Flash wrapper” around the file so it’s playable. Facebook doesn’t support GIFs and this should be seen as a workaround.