Twitter already allows to add files, photos, videos and GIF files to retweets

The popular social network Twitter has announced that its users will be able to make more dynamic the messages they want to quote or make a retweet.

The social network Twitter launched Monday a new feature that allows its users to retweet messages by adding GIF., animated images that provoke the fury on the Internet.

"The wait is over," retweeted the network to make the announcement, accompanied by a GIF to illustrate the good news. The message was posted in response to a user who asked in January when it would be "when we can retweet with a GIF comment".

The "retweet with comment" feature now allows users to add to your message shared a moving picture from a selection of short sequences, illustrating a kiss of approval or surprise.

The announcement was followed by a series of retweets from Twitte's accountr showing the possibilities this new feature opens.

The novelty is particularly aimed at young people. A recent study published by the Pew Research Center showed that the average age of a "Twitter" in the United States is 40 years old.against 47 in the general population.

Several users however regretted the impossibility of modifying a message already posted on Twitter, A feature that already exists in the world's largest social network, Facebook.

With the new update, developed after several product tests, Twitter displays the attachments in the retweeted original publication, which includes both static images and GIFs and videos.

To include images, gifs, or videos in a retweet, just click the button for that function and add a media item. as you would with a normal tweet. The result will look like this:

This extra content is presented in a smaller box inside the reticle and redesign. It also includes an avatar that appears in the box and that contains the profile image of the author of the original tweet.

Twitter has added another update that will arrive soon on the platform via which it will be retweet with more interactive attachments and easier to read, says his design team.

Twitter has 330 million users worldwide, as revealed by the US company in presenting its results for the first quarter of 2019.