Google is ending the Tenor API, affecting GIF search and selection features embedded in other apps and websites. Multiple outlets report that the API is being shut down on the same day, while the Tenor website and its searchable GIF library remain available. The change does not remove Tenor’s core service, but it requires third-party platforms that previously integrated Tenor’s API to update or replace their GIF functionality.
The Verge and 9to5Google both describe Tenor as a widely used GIF provider that supports integrations across the web, including in apps such as X (formerly Twitter), Discord, Bluesky, and WhatsApp. Google acquired Tenor in 2018. As the API turns off, users may see different GIF pickers or reduced GIF search capabilities within those platforms until the services migrate to alternative solutions. The reports characterize the impact as focused on API-based integrations rather than access to Tenor’s own site, which continues to operate and provides access to its GIF search library.
