

You can switch to a different GIF app altogether and save yourself all the trouble. #Images might be the built-in GIF app for iMessage, but it sure as hell isn’t the only app available in the App Store for this purpose. If you think that Resetting All Settings is not worth it, or if you happen to find that nothing is working for you, then it might be time to abandon the ship. It may seem a little drastic and you will have to restore all your iCloud, Wallet, Find My iPhone and Wi-Fi Settings afterwards, but it will make your problem go away. Reset All Settings to make the problem go away. Under the General settings, scroll down to the very end and tap on Reset. To Reset All Settings, go to the Settings of your iPhone.

It will probably also make the option for HashtagImages appear in the Cellular Data settings. Resetting the settings will most probably fix the problem. You can reset the settings on your iPhone. If the previous option doesn’t work, or if the option HashtagImages isn’t even available in the Mobile Data settings, there is no need to lose hope. It should start working with Mobile Data. Go to iMessage and try using GIF search again. Find the app HashtagImages, and make sure that data is enabled for it. Scroll down to the list of apps using mobile data. Open Cellular Data ( Mobile Data in some regions). If you can search the GIFs while using the Wi-Fi, but not while using the mobile data, then it can be fixed easily. Sometimes something as simple as Re-Adding the #Images app is all you need.Įnable Cellular / Mobile Data for HashtagImages This may or may not work, but given its simplicity, it sure is worth a try. Tap on the delete icon on the left of the app, and then tap on Remove from Favorites. Only then will the toggle appear for the app. If the #Images app is added to your favourites, you’ll first need to remove it from there. Then turn off the toggle for #Images and then turn it on again after a couple of seconds. Tap on the Edit option at the upper right corner of the screen. Scroll right on the iMessage app bar and tap the App Drawer (the More option). Open the Messages app and go to any conversation. #Images is the built-in GIF app for iMessage which you use to send GIFs. The simplest solution if the GIF Search isn’t working is to re-add the #Images app to the iMessage apps. But that’s all it ever has to be – mildly frustrating. So of course, it is frustrating when GIF Search doesn’t work in iMessage. Not being limited by the constraints of space (to be precise, not being in the same space) and efficiently expressing ourselves over messages has been made possible by GIFs. GIFs have completely changed the way we text.

These simple solutions can get you back to sending perfectly timed GIFs in no time! This is the way of the world now.To fix GIF search and #Images not working in iMessage on iPhone, try re-adding #Images app, enabling cellular/mobile data for #Images, resetting all settings on iPhone, or using the Giphy app from the App Store. Either that or throw your iPhone off a bridge. Let Emma Stone communicate your approval from here on out. Give up your beloved red salsa lady emoji for a bit of Queen Bey. Soon you can test out the technology for yourself. IOS 8 is set to launch on Wednesday, September 17 and PopKey shouldn't be too far behind it. This means you'll be the first to know when Jennifer Lawrence or Tina Fey do something quirky, or the internet goes crazy for whatever this creepy thing with Emma Watson was all about.
GIF IPHONE KEYBOARD UPDATE
In addition to the library of GIFs you accumulate yourself, the app will update in realtime with those which are currently trending online. GIF onslaughts could be a whole new level of crazy.įinally, we realised there's no other option than deleting our younger siblings numbers from our phones completely.īut aside from all that, it's a pretty excellent concept. Then we remembered how people over-do it with emojis. Basically, your phone will no longer be a means to communicate and articulate yourself with loved ones, it will be an interactive version of Buzzfeed. Categories supposedly include 'LOL', 'shocked', 'facepalm' and 'swag'. Just like emojis, the GIFs will be organised into different sections. The upcoming app PopKey will be available for those using the new iOS 8 and will enable users to save, select and send a variety of GIFs in exactly the way they currently use the emoji keyboard. The world is about to get it's very first GIF keyboard for iPhones. If so, here's a little piece of the tech revolution that won't leave you bankrupt (except maybe morally so).

Were you a little underwhelmed with all the tech news this week? A new iPhone or fandangled watch from the future is great and all, but most of us aren't all that up for throwing another $1000 at Apple.
