
The great news is that Giphy has actually updated its service to offer a native iOS 10 Messages extension, meaning that it’s just a simple case of downloading the app via Messages, or through the normal App Store if you already have it installed, and then activating it via the iOS 10 Messages app. Unfortunately, anyone outside of those territories will simply have to wait until Apple flips the switch at its end, and adds the feature for those users, or simply use a third-party service that offers the same level of functionality, like Giphy. The new feature basically provides a quick interface to seamlessly search for images, either still or animated, that can then be added to a message with a single tap. So the story goes a little like this all throughout the testing phase of iOS 10 Apple made the new image and GIF search functionality – which incidentally is powered by Bing – available to all testers in all regions. One of those new features is the ability to add GIFs and images into a conversation via Apple’s own #images app within Messages, but unfortunately it isn’t available to everyone.


It’s probably fair to suggest that a great deal of iPhone and iPad owners who have taken the opportunity to download and install iOS 10 are spending a large percentage of their time playing around in the new iOS 10 Messages app environment. There is literally so much that’s new in there that you can keep discovering new ways to send messages every time you visit. Can’t find Apple’s #images iMessage app in iOS 10 Messages? Want a fix for it not working or missing? Here’s why that maybe happening and what you can do about it.
