GIF's gebruiken in Threads op iPhone en Android

By now we all know that Meta – via its Instagram team – has rolled out a Twitter concurrent genaamd Threads. Het leverde op de eerste dag maar liefst 50 miljoen aanmeldingen op en het gaat goed.

And while it’s very much an alternatief voor Twitter, it is missing a few features in this initial rollout period. Chief among those is the ability to add GIFs to your posts natively. Thankfully, there is a workaround, and it’s a pretty simple one. All you need is a third-party keyboard from the App Store or Google Play Store. Enter: Microsoft SwiftKey.

GIF's gebruiken bij het posten naar Threads op iPhone

The process for both iPhone and Android is fairly similar, but let’s start off with iPhone first. Since Apple’s own stock keyboard doesn’t have GIF support built-in, what you need to do is install a third-party option that does. The most consistent for this particular feature – in our testing – has been Microsoft’s SwiftKey app. So, first, head to the App Store on your iPhone and Swiftkey downloaden.

Now you need to enable the keyboard and make sure it’s working and selected. Follow the steps below to ensure it’s working:

1. Open the app and hit ‘Get Started’
2. Sign in to create an account or hit ‘Not Now’ to skip
3. Keep skipping until you get to the screen that says ‘Allow full access’
4. Ga naar je iPhone Instellingen> Algemeen> Toetsenborden
5. Select ‘Keyboards’ and on the next screen tap ‘Swiftkey’
6. Toggle on the ‘Allow Full Access’ toggle to enable predictions

Now the keyboard app should work as it’s intended to work, to get started with GIFs open the Threads app and follow the steps below:

1. Start a new post – or tap the icon to reply to an existing post
2. Wanneer het toetsenbord verschijnt, tikt u op het wereldbolpictogram in de hoek en houdt u dit vast
3. Choose ‘SwiftKey’ to switch from the default Apple keyboard
4. Now tap ‘GIF’ or tap the four squares icon and choose ‘GIF’ on the next screen
5. Blader door de voorgestelde stemmingen of trending GIF's, of zoek er een
6. Tap on the GIF you want to share, and you’ll see ‘Copied, now paste above’
7. Double-tap on your new Threads post, and hit ‘Paste’
8. Je GIF zou moeten verschijnen, plaats het nu.

Hoe GIF te maken in Threads op Android

The process for Android is similar to the iPhone method but not identical due to how they both manage third-party keyboards a little differently. For whatever reason, at the time of writing – despite the fact it supports GIFs – Gboard doesn’t seem to work with Threads on this feature. So – again – your first step is downloading SwiftKey from the Play Store. You can download it below.

Na het downloaden volgt u de onderstaande stappen om het op uw telefoon te laten werken:

1. SwiftKey openen
2. Select ‘Enable SwiftKey’ and it should take you to the ‘On-screen keyboard’ settings screen
3. Toggle on ‘Microsoft SwiftKey’
4. If you get a pop-up notice about privacy – tap ‘OK’
5. Now tap ‘Select SwiftKey’ and you’ll get a pop-up to choose your input method
6. Choose ‘Microsoft SwiftKey’ in the pop-up window

Nu SwiftKey is gekozen als uw standaard typemethode, kunt u de ingebouwde GIF-zoeker gebruiken om GIF's in uw Threads-berichten in te voegen. Volg de onderstaande stappen om dit te doen:

1. Open Discussies en start een nieuw bericht, of kies ervoor om op een bericht te reageren
2. When SwiftKey pops up, tap ‘GIF’ in the toolbar across the top row
3. Zoek nu naar een GIF, of gebruik de emotie/trending/recente balk onderaan
4. Tap on the GIF you want, and it’ll automatically add it to the post
5. Hit ‘Post’ to set it live

This is just one of the tips we’ve found since downloading and using Threads. For more, check out our handleiding om aan de slag te gaan met Threads.