Overview
- Google announced on June 30, 2026 that it has shut down the public Tenor API and will terminate any API and Ads Distribution Agreements with partners.
- The company said current third‑party integrations will be fully decommissioned as of June 30 and any remaining connections will stop functioning by July 1.
- Major apps that used the Tenor API are affected but many had already switched providers, with Twitter/X confirming a migration that purged users’ recently used GIFs and Discord and WhatsApp moving toward Klipy and Giphy.
- Tenor’s consumer site and Tenor integrations inside Google products such as Gboard, Google Messages, and Google Chat will continue to work for users who access GIFs through those Google services.
- Developers and partners now face contract terminations and migration work that could change which GIF libraries users see and may produce short‑term gaps in personal GIF histories or library overlap as platforms complete their transitions.