Google Discontinues Tenor API, Ending Gif Search on X and Discord
The API shutdown removes a widely used GIF search tool from major social platforms, forcing users and services to adapt to different libraries with potentially different content.
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Google shut down the Tenor API on June 30, 2026, as part of a resource focus on core products. The move ends GIF search and sharing integration on platforms like X, Discord, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Bluesky. Tenor itself remains accessible via Gboard, Google Chat, and Google Messages, and services like Discord have migrated to alternatives.
Google discontinued the Tenor API on June 30, 2026, cutting off GIF search and sharing from platforms including X, Discord, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Bluesky. The company described the move as part of an ongoing effort to focus resources on strengthening core products. New API keys and integrations were already halted in January 2026. Tenor itself continues to operate: content remains viewable through the GIF Keyboard and Google services like Gboard, Google Chat, and Google Messages. Discord and other services that relied on the API have migrated to alternative providers, though the available GIF libraries differ from Tenor's.
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