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Twitter has launched a new GIF button and search feature designed to help users find ready made clips to share. The firm says over 100 million animated GIFs were shared on the service last year.

Today, Facebook has rolled out a GIF-supported poll feature that allows users to post votable questions as a new status on both the web and iOS and Android apps.

Here come the GIFs. We noticed Twitter testing an in-app GIF button on Android a few weeks, and now the company has formally announced that it is turning the pilot into a feature for all users.

It looks as if Twitter's latest feature for attracting new members to its site (and keeping the current ones) has been revealed: a new dedicated GIF button inside its mobile app.