While viewing a GIF, you can pause a GIF and magnify the frame. In addition to other image formats, 123 Photo Viewer also supports animated GIFs. To start with, the developer of 123 Photo Viewer could have used a better name for this app. However, as of writing this article, almost all GIF creators in the Store are commercial apps.įollowing are the two free GIF apps in Windows Store. In addition to all these native apps and programs, there are tens of free apps available in Windows Store to view GIF images. The newest version of Mail app supports adding GIF images in an email and shows GIFs with animations within the app when you receive an email with animated GIF image.

Microsoft recently updated the default Mail app to support animated GIF images. You can open all type of GIF images in Edge browser.

Like Photos and Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge also supports opening and viewing animated images in Windows 10. To open a GIF image, click the File menu in Internet Explorer (press Alt key to see the menu), click Open, click Browse, change the file type to All Files, select the GIF, click Open, and then click OK button to view the GIF. Internet Explorer in Windows 10 allows you to open and view animated GIF images. While Edge is the default browser in Windows 10, Internet Explorer is still part of Windows 10.

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