How to stop GIFs and animated avatars or emoji on Beeper Desktop

If animated GIFs, avatars, reactions, or custom emoji are distracting, or you're sensitive to motion, you can stop them from playing automatically on Beeper Desktop.

Settings

Go to Settings > Appearance > Conversation View. You'll find two settings there. Both are on by default.

• Autoplay GIFs: Turn this off and GIFs (and other animated images and stickers) start paused, with a play button. Click the play button to play a GIF, and the pause button to stop it again. Clicking the image itself still opens it in the full-size viewer.
• Animate avatars and emoji: Turn this off and profile pictures, reactions, and custom emoji stay still. They don't play on hover or click.

Good to know

• These settings are for Beeper Desktop only. Beeper iOS and Android don't have them yet.
• The change applies to media as it loads. A GIF that is already playing keeps playing until you leave the chat and come back.
• The GIF and sticker pickers still animate, so you can see what you're choosing.
• The settings sync across your Beeper Desktop devices.

Need help?

If something isn't working as expected, submit a report and reach out to Beeper Support at help@beeper.com.