You can download Gboard from the Google Play Store. Once installed, you’ll need to make it the default keyboard. The steps for this may be worded differently on different phone models, but the steps are similar. Go to Settings > General management > Keyboard list and default > Default Keyboard > Gboard. This won’t work unless you change the default keyboard to Gboard.

On some text messaging apps, this button may say “Send” instead. If you want to exit the GIF keyboard, press the ABC key.

You can download the Giphy app from the Google Play Store for free if you don’t have the Giphy app on your phone.

The “Trending” and “Reactions” sections are usually filled with fun animations from popular shows and movies.

These options will vary depending on the default texting app you are using. You can add an optional message to the text message as well by tapping the text field portion of the text.

On some text messaging apps, this button may say “Send” instead.

If you don’t have the Android Messages app, you can download it from the Google Play Store.

If the GIF is not in your gallery, tap the plus sign and Image instead to see other places for storage.