Google buys GIF search engine Tenor

Google yesterday acquired GIF search engine Tenor – the platform that Facebook employed to let users easily search and share animated GIFs in Messenger. Tenor has a vast database of animated images that sees over 12 billion searches a month, the company claims.
With their deep library of content, Tenor surfaces the right GIFs in the moment so you can find the one that matches your mood. Tenor will help us do this more effectively in Google Images as well as other products that use GIFs, like Gboard.
Tenor's acquisition by Google surely bodes improvements not only for the image search engine, but for other products as well. Tenor will continue to operate as a separate brand under Google. So, whether you’re using the Tenor keyboard or one of Google's many services and mobile apps, you can expect to see much more animated GIFs in the future.
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