This Is Why You Can’t Use an Upscaled GIF Right Now.
If you’ve used GIFs to chat with others during Zoom meetings, you may have noticed that functionality has gone missing.
Zoom has temporarily disabled the GIF Giphy platform integration in the chat functionality. In a blog post announcing this step, it states: “To help protect your privacy, we have temporarily removed the Zoom Chat Giphy integration. As soon as additional technical and security measures are applied, we will re-enable this feature. “
So he’ll probably be back at some point, although we’re not entirely sure when that will happen.
Facebook recently acquired Giphy for $ 300 million and plans to integrate it into Instagram.
The removal of the Giphy integration was one of a number of recent Zoom product updates.
He also made it so that screen sharing on Pro accounts defaults to Host Only, added sound for lounges, and now requires participant consent before the host can enable them.