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It has those features indirectly - if i want to text my wife a picture of a typing dog, i can hit Now On Tap, search for the picture, hit share, hangouts, wife, and insert a picture of a typing dog, but it isn't rolled up in to the keyboard app like the IOS Gboard being shown here. (Unless I'm missing something...)

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It's also worth noting that regardless of which keyboard or combination of apps you're using on Android, it's not possible to send an animated GIF as an MMS attachment without dropping so many frames that the clip becomes essentially unwatchable.

If you're sending a Hangouts message (Google account to Google account) it works just fine. Otherwise, even if you roll all your SMS/MMS activity into the Hangouts app, no dice.

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