Twitter expands GIF size limit to 15MB, but only for the web

Twitter now allows users to upload higher-quality GIFs on its platform, but only on the web. The company has quietly updated its documentation ... Skiptomaincontent VentureBeatHomepage Events GamesBeat Jobs TheDataSummit AccountSettings LogOut BecomeaMember SignIn VentureBeatHomepage VentureBeat AR/VR BigData Cloud Commerce DataDecisionMakers Dev Enterprise Entrepreneur Marketing Media Mobile Security Social Transportation Follow followusonTwitter followusonFacebook followusonLinkedIn FollowusonRSS TheMachine AI MachineLearning ComputerVision NaturalLanguageProcessing RoboticProcessAutomation Follow FollowusonRSS GamesBeat Games Esports PCGaming Follow followusonTwitter FollowusonRSS Events Upcoming MediaPartner Webinars General Newsletters Gotanewstip? Advertise PressReleases GuestPosts ContributetoDataDecisionMakers Deals Jobs VBLab About Contact PrivacyPolicy × JointheVentureBeatCommunity Free:JointheVentureBeatCommunityforaccessto3premiumpostsandunlimitedvideospermonth. LearnMore Signupwithyourbusinesse-mailtocontinuewithticketpurchase Pleasewait... Share ShareonFacebook ShareonTwitter ShareonLinkedIn VentureBeatHomepage SocialLinks Newsletters Events Profile GamesBeatSummit2022returnswithitslargesteventforleadersingamingonApril26-28th. Reserveyourspothere! Twitternowallowsuserstoupload higher-qualityGIFsonitsplatform,butonlyontheweb.Thecompanyhasquietly updateditsdocumentation toreflectthatanimatedGIFsofupto15MBarenowsupported.However,the5MBlimitremainsforGIFspostedfromTwitter’smobileapps. WhileyoucanonlyuploadlargerGIFsthroughTwitter.com,it’spossiblethisfeaturewillarriveonthecompany’smobileappsinfuture.ThatwilllikelydependonhowwellTwitter’sinfrastructurecanhandlethe15MBGIFsandwillhavetotakeintoconsiderationhowtheywouldimpactusers’dataplansonmobiledevices. Sadly,there’snowordaboutwhenGIFsupportwillarriveforTweetDeck. TwitteraddedGIFsupportin2014,andaGIFbutton arrivedonitsappsinFebruary,thankstoapartnershipwithGiphyandRiffsy.Thisupdateallowstheactualimagetoappearin-tweet,insteadofforcingyoutoawebsitetoviewtheimage. ALERT:Twitternowsupportsgifsupto15MB!pic.twitter.com/PfyAiYRg5K —JessicaL.Conditt(@JessConditt)July11,2016 WereachedouttoTwitterforadditionalcommentandwillupdateifwehearback. Updateasof10:08a.m.PacificonTuesday:AmendedthisposttoclarifythatGIFsupporthasbeenonTwittersince2014.Additionally,thecompanyhasacknowledgethechangewithanappropriateresponse: Hooray,youcannowTweetGIFsupto15MBinsizefromhttps://t.co/zDdcbPNfnU!https://t.co/OGxWpvy1ZGpic.twitter.com/MbxPGStsJU —TwitterSupport(@Support)July12,2016 VentureBeat'smissionistobeadigitaltownsquarefortechnicaldecision-makerstogainknowledgeabouttransformativeenterprisetechnologyandtransact.LearnMore TheDataSummit JoinuswithyourfreepassonMarch9aswe,alongsideindustryexperts,diveintoend-usercasestudiestountanglethecomplexity,importanceandcostofdataamongvariousindustryverticals. RegisterNow JoinforceswithVentureBeatatourupcomingAI&dataevents SponsorVBEvents × Wemaycollectcookiesandotherpersonalinformationfromyourinteractionwithour website. Formoreinformationonthecategoriesofpersonalinformationwecollectandthepurposesweuse themfor, pleaseviewourNoticeatCollection.