GIFs have become popular on social media networks as well as messaging platforms, so it’s nothing unexpected that different companies are beginning to offer GIF friendly features. Recently Apple’s iOS 10  introduced GIF support in iMessage, Twitter gives you a chance to share GIFs with ease on any platform, in addition there are various cool GIF keyboard apps like Giphy Keys, GBoard etc. available for iOS. However, these apps are still not available for Android. Gratefully, Android has its own share of cool GIF keyboard apps.

There are different GIF apps like Giphy, which let you share GIFs effectively, we are just including keyboards that come with the ability to send GIFs instantly, without switching apps.

1.Fleksy Keyboardz

We have constantly liked Fleksy for bringing the best tap writing experience on Android and the cool thing is, it additionally supports GIFs. The keyboard comes with “Extensions“, which gives you a chance to include features like GIF support, launch apps from the keyboard and more. The GIF extension can be accessed from the keyboard easily and it includes three tabs for GIFs recently used, categories and trending. In addition, you can even search for GIFs, which is surely very cool.

Fleksy Keyboard

Furthermore, you get Fleksy’s great auto-correction and different customization options, support for various layouts and more.

Install: (Free with in-app purchases)

2.Kika Keyboard

Kika Keyboard may be another name for some but if you take a look at its Play Store downloads and ratings, you’ll realize that it’s a very popular app. As you may have estimated by now, the keyboard brings some truly cool GIF features. Initially, you can easily access GIFs through the emoji key in the keyboard and here you will find different tabs for recently used GIF, GIFs based on emotions, movies and trending images. In addition, it likewise gives you a chance to search GIFs through text and even emojis. Additionally, you can hit the magic icon in the keyboard while typing a message and it’ll show you corresponding GIFs.

Kika Keyboard

The keyboard also brings a lot of other features like swipe typing, latest emojis, stickers, fonts, keypress sounds, themes, one-handed mode, split screen layout and much more.

Install: (Free)

3.Slash Keyboard

We discussed about Slash keyboard in detail, thinking of it’s the best GBoard alternative for Android users. The keyboard brings a number cool capabilities and one of them is the ability to send GIFs effortlessly. The keyboard lets you include various third party apps and services to its top bar and you can set up GIF. At that point, you can just tap the GIF icon to see trending GIFs and you can even go ahead and search for GIFs based on emotions, news, movies or anything else.

Slash Keyboard

With Slash keyboard, you can not only send GIFs but you can even send links or info from services like Google Search, Maps, YouTube, Twitter, Apple Music, Spotify etc., which means you never have to switch apps in between a conversation again.

Install: (Free)

4.Joy Keyboard

Joy Keyboard is a justly new offering, so we won’t fault you if you haven’t heard about the app. While the app is new, it’s an expert with regards to features. The app developers know the continuous GIF trend and therefore, have included not one but rather two GIF icons in the keyboard’s top bar. Joy Keyboard lets you check out GIFs based on categories, GIFs “you may like” & “trending” and the latest additions to its GIF catalog. It additionally lets you upload your very own GIFs to share. Also, you can look for GIFs too.

Joy Keyboard

The GIF features might be great and it brings some features like the ability to create “Facemojis”, where you can capture your face to create its emoji or sticker. Other than that, the keyboard keeps things simple with swipe typing, auto-correction & prediction support and different fonts.

Install: (Free)

5.TouchPal Keyboard

TouchPal is a much-liked keyboard app for Android, because of its rich features and its long feature list also includes GIF capabilities. You can check out GIFs in different categories, the trending ones or you could just search for GIFs with ease. Along with GIFs, the app brings features like contextual predictions, swipe typing, clipboard, various themes and more.

TouchPal Keyboard

It includes the TouchPal Cloud feature, which basically brings predictions from the cloud suggesting your words that are trending. Additionally, you can customize almost every element of the keyboard, you can resize it, use it in split mode, edit the layout or change the sound, vibration, font, height or width of the keyboard.

Install: (Free with in-app purchases)

6.Ginger Keyboard

The Ginger keyboard brings the company’s writing & proof-reading tools to your smartphone. In addition, it includes GIF features. The keyboard lets you send trending GIFs and GIFs based on different categories. but, there’s no way to search for GIFs in the keyboard.

Ginger Keyboard

You can get Ginger Keyboard if you want GIFs as well as grammar & spell check features. The keyboard also brings some features like in-app games, translation in different languages right from the keyboard, sentence rephrasing, smart bar and much more. Additionally, it supports swipe typing and other usual keyboard features.

Install: (Free with in-app purchases)

7.Go Keyboard Pro

The Go Keyboard app comes in several variants, which can be really confusing. So, if you are searching for GIF capabilities, you should download the Go Keyboard Pro Emoji, GIFs. The GIF menu in the Go keyboard lets you see your recently used GIFs, different categories of GIFs and the ones that are trending. While you can send GIFs easily on the Go Keyboard, you cannot look for GIFs.

Go Keyboard Pro

Apart from that, the Go apps are always packed with features and the keyboard is no different. It comes with various new emojis, stickers, tons of themes, fonts, different layouts, gesture typing support and more.

Install: (Free with in-app purchases)