If you have downloaded the Android 7.1 Developer Preview that Google released earlier this week, you can go ahead and try out a new feature that allows user to add GIF images to the Messenger app ...

From here, you will see a new option for “GIF.” Hit that ... can benefit from this, let the developer know. If you are running the necessary build of Android, check it out.

This is GIF-LOCK, a new application from developer and founder of POPS messaging Nir Ofir. The free Android app allows users to set a GIF as their lock screen and change it with a shake of the phone.

On Wednesday, Google launched Android Beta, a program designed to give developers (and other Android obsessives) a look at what’s next for the world’s most popular mobile operating system.

Indeed, most of the new functionality is still only available for Android ... Selfie GIFs were first spotted in January when code sleuth AssembleDebug revealed had been in development for a ...

First up, Google already has the "Cuttlefish" virtual device emulator running, including a gif of it booting up. This isn't the official "Android Emulator"—which is targeted at app developers ...