# Animated GIF for iOS app

**URL:** <https://community.anytype.io/t/animated-gif-for-ios-app/29835>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** Files, iOS, Images\
**Created:** [January 12, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/animated-gif-for-ios-app/29835 "2026-01-12T14:41:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Yakazumy](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/e56c9b/32.png) [@Yakazumy](https://community.anytype.io/u/Yakazumy)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/animated-gif-for-ios-app/29835/1 "2026-01-12T14:41:08Z")

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**WHAT IS THE BUG**  
GIF images are not animated on the iOS version (they never were in previous versions of Anytype, only on the desktop version).

**HOW TO REPRODUCE IT**  
Put a GIF on a page

**THE EXPECTED BEHAVIOR**  
Animated GIFs autoplay and loop like they do in Desktop today

**TECHNICAL INFORMATION**  
Device: iP_hone 16 Pro_

_Ios version : 26.2_

_Anytype version : 0.43.2_

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**Author:** ![AnyFriends](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/anyfriends/32/19140_2.png) [@AnyFriends](https://community.anytype.io/u/AnyFriends)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/animated-gif-for-ios-app/29835/5 "2026-01-12T15:05:55Z")

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This report has been added to our issue tracker and received by the Development Team.

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**Author:** ![Yakazumy](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/e56c9b/32.png) [@Yakazumy](https://community.anytype.io/u/Yakazumy)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/animated-gif-for-ios-app/29835/7 "2026-06-16T20:08:56Z")

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Hello, will there ever be a fix to enable animated GIF images on iOS ?

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**Author:** ![kaye](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/kaye/32/26600_2.png) [@kaye](https://community.anytype.io/u/kaye)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/animated-gif-for-ios-app/29835/8 "2026-06-17T08:31:51Z")

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Yes, we’re aware of this. We will eventually get around to it.

At the time, our internal discussion said that iOS didn’t support GIFs in the past (not sure if it’s true) but I can see that it does now for sure.