Google Ends Tenor GIF API After 8 Years, Hitting X and Discord
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Updated · Ars Technica · Jun 30
Google Ends Tenor GIF API After 8 Years, Hitting X and Discord
3 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Jun 30
Summary
June 30 marked the end of Google’s Tenor API, cutting off third-party GIF search and sharing tools used by platforms including X and Discord.
Google stopped taking new integrations in January and said the shutdown lets it focus resources on core products, while Tenor remains available inside Google services.
Tenor, acquired by Google in 2018, had continued to power external apps alongside products such as Gboard and Google Messages until the API was made private.
Discord has already shifted to Klipy and Giphy, WhatsApp moved to Klipy earlier this year, and X adopted another GIF library as platforms replaced Tenor access.