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Slack gives the gift of GIF selection.

Slack has started rolling out a GIF picker that uses the Tenor search engine owned by Google.

This is a true blessing for anyone who has never fully trusted that they wouldn’t send their dumb search term, rather than the GIF itself, when using the “/giphy” command.

Animated GIF of Slacks animated GIF searching feature.
Imagine it, a built-in GIF search!
Image: Slack
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