Giphy 'Stories' Showcases Curated GIFs Around Trending Topics on Homepage

Unless you've been living under a rock over the past yr, you already know that 'Stories' has become a must-have feature for various apps and online services. While Snapchat was the original brains behind the popular feature, information technology has since been copied past a plethora of apps and services, including Instagram, Facebook,  Snapchat and recently, YouTube.

Now, another popular online service is joining the listing, with Giphy announcing that its homepage will now prominently characteristic a curated GIF drove called Stories. The redesigned homepage, which was existence teased over the past few weeks, has a line of 'Trending GIFs' at the peak, followed by shareable Stories curated by the company's editorial team. The feature, still, has only been rolled out to the web for now, only is expected to hit the mobile app soon.

In a press statement, the company'due south Director of mobile products, Jillian Fisher, said that the new feature is meant to encapsulate the essence of some of the virtually remarkable and quirky pop-culture moments of today.

According to her, "We really believe that Giphy Stories can translate today's pop culture moments into a new and engaging format for amusement and discovery. That conviction informed the decision to prioritize them front on center on Giphy's new homepage".

With the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) having taken identify final night, the site'southward current homepage is filled with several GIFs that revolve effectually the issue, including speeches, performances and reactions of diverse celebrities present at the event. Some of the other curated Stories include an all-GIFs epitomize of 'The Bachelorette' season finale, and a collection of 'The best GIFs for Your Summer Out of Office Emails'.

The company is as well promising to introduce a more intuitive interface for finding related GIFs, a existent-time trending carousel and "more pattern features", all of which will reportedly be rolled out within the first few weeks of the 4th quarter of this year.

Source: https://beebom.com/giphy-stories-launch/

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