A designer for X (formerly Twitter) polled users about adding animated GIFs for profile pics. Twitter banned GIF profiles in 2013, but old ones were allowed to keep them — including me.

In what may be a sign of their resurgent popularity, Google+ announced Monday that members can now use animated GIFs for their profile photos. CNN values your feedback 1.

A quick search will show endless Facebook users seeking out ways to use animated GIFs as their profile picture, and while that social network still doesn't allow it, Google+ has stepped forward to ...

Facebook isn’t the first to use short videos or GIFs for users’ profile photos. Snapchat introduced the medium for its users’ “Snapcodes,” QR codes that can be scanned to add someone as ...

FACEBOOK has finally embraced animated GIFs. For the first time, you can set an animated seven-second clip as your profile picture. Here's how it works.

In a story that has “2021” written all over it, the crypto art platform Foundation has just facilitated the sale of the legendary Nyan Cat GIF for approximately $587,000. Or, what amounts to ...

Though animated GIFs have been around since the 1980s, they have experienced a major comeback as of late. Google+ might be one of the last places you can have animated profile pictures.