Giphy is finally creating an Android app, freeing from the clutches of Facebook Messenger.

Giphy for Messenger will be phased out via an update to become a standard Giphy app. This comes on the heels of Facebook integrating Giphy into its own Messenger platform. This new one will allow the users to search for GIFs they can share through texts, email and other chat services too. Just like Giphy on the Web and iOS, users can search for gifs that convey specific emotions as well.

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When a user clicks on the image in its Giphy listing page, it will bring the user back to the source as well as clicking on the source button. In the app users will be able to search for gifs such as this with great ease, relying mostly on hashtags the creator has given them. It will also let the users to do some browsing.

The only thing this new version of Giphy is missing is a log-in portal. This is not for Giphy uploaders, just for Giphy searching and sharing. The app is rolling out to the Play Store now. If users already use the Messenger plugin, Giphy says it will be updated to the new search app automatically by the end of the month.

While the Giphy app is useful for messaging platforms without integration, messaging platforms are increasingly adding Giphy as its own integration within the system.

GIPHY is an online database and search engine that allows users to search for and share animated GIF files. It was founded in 2013 by Jace Cooke and Alex Chung.

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