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07-12-2016, 11:52 AM
Twitter increases GIF size limit to 15MB, but only for the web
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You don't k**w rage unless you've tried to post a cute puppy GIF to Twitter and couldn't, because it was just slightly over the 5MB limit. Well, those days are over **w, as Twitter has increased the GIF size limit to 15MB.*
First spotted by (http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/11/12154400/twitter-gif-size-limit-update-web-15mb-files) The Verge, and confirmed by Twitter's support page (https://support.twitter.com/articles/20156423#web), the change only pertains to the web version of Twitter — on mobile, the GIF limit is still 5MB.*
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"Photos can be up to 5MB; animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile, and up to 15MB on web", says Twitter's support page.*
Even though its limitations are part of its appeal, Twitter has recently begun relaxing many of the restrictions on its services. In May, the company started (http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/11/12154400/twitter-gif-size-limit-update-web-15mb-files) counting images, polls and user names separately from its 140-character tweet limit.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/twitter-gif-size-limit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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You don't k**w rage unless you've tried to post a cute puppy GIF to Twitter and couldn't, because it was just slightly over the 5MB limit. Well, those days are over **w, as Twitter has increased the GIF size limit to 15MB.*
First spotted by (http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/11/12154400/twitter-gif-size-limit-update-web-15mb-files) The Verge, and confirmed by Twitter's support page (https://support.twitter.com/articles/20156423#web), the change only pertains to the web version of Twitter — on mobile, the GIF limit is still 5MB.*
SEE ALSO: Twitter's best tweets during this past week (http://mashable.com/2016/06/11/best-tweets-june/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"Photos can be up to 5MB; animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile, and up to 15MB on web", says Twitter's support page.*
Even though its limitations are part of its appeal, Twitter has recently begun relaxing many of the restrictions on its services. In May, the company started (http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/11/12154400/twitter-gif-size-limit-update-web-15mb-files) counting images, polls and user names separately from its 140-character tweet limit.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/twitter-gif-size-limit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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