Pop a GIF into a text to your friend, and they’ll be giggling on the other end.

The trick is to find the perfect GIF and thensend it from the iPhone Messages app.

Here’s how to do it.

Location of a GIF in the iPhone Messages app

you’re free to search for and select GIFS without leaving the app.

Open theMessagesapp on your iPhone.

Start a new message or select an existing thread.

Selecting a GIF in the iPhone Photos app

Scroll across the Messages app toolbar at the bottom of the screen and tap thered magnifying glassicon.

The GIFs displayed below the search box are GIFs that you recently used or GIFs that are currently popular.

To search for a specific GIF or topic, tap theFind Imagessearch field andenter a keyword.

Saving a GIF from the internet to send on your iPhone

Tap a GIF in the search results to add it to your message.

Enter the message text and send the message.

Go to the message you want to add a GIF to.

In the Messages toolbar, tap thePhotosapp icon.

Tap the GIF you want to add to the message.

In iOS 11 and later, the iPhone includes an Animated folder that contains the GIFs you save.

TapChooseto add the GIF to your message.

Complete the message and send it.

you’re able to add those to your messages too.

Find a GIF online.Search Googleor use a website such as Giphy to locate GIFs.

Tap and hold the GIF to display a menu and selectCopy.

To save the GIF to your phone instead of copying it, tapSave Image.

You’ll find the GIF in your Photos app.

Go to the message you want to add the GIF to and tap the text-entry bar.

Tap and hold the text bar and tapPasteto add the copied GIF to your message.