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Pinger (News - Alert) Inc., a company that lets you text and talk with the people you care about most anywhere on the planet using its free texting and calling app, has recently unveiled GIF Chat, a video-messaging app that brings animated GIFs together with text messaging.

GIF chat is a free app developed for use on the new Pinger Network. It helps users create and share animated GIFs privately. The app integrates unlimited texting and messages can be set to self-destruct after being viewed.

It is the company’s first unified messaging and monetization platform, which allows users of all Pinger apps to communicate for free with one another, irrespective of which Pinger app they’re using.

“Consumers are looking for fun, expressive and private ways to communicate,” said Greg Woock (News - Alert), co-founder and CEO of Pinger. “GIF Chat uniquely combines a number of the features that users around the world are looking for – video messaging, unlimited texting and the ability to control who sees the message and when it disappears.”

In addition, GIF Chat users can also set instruction as to who can see their video content and how many times it can be viewed. They are also allowed to record up to six seconds of video, set the video speed, add text and regulate the number of loops the recipient can view before it disappears. The app instantly creates a unique animated GIF that can be sent privately to another GIF Chat user or anyone on any app on the Pinger Network.

“We don’t believe that one messaging app will satisfy every consumer need,” said Woock. “GIF Chat is the first of many apps that Pinger plans to introduce on the Pinger Network. These interoperable, global apps will offer unique and cutting-edge messaging features and will target a variety of users and use cases.”

Backed with 3/4G or Wi-Fi support, GIF Chat works currently with Apple (News - Alert) products and the company plans to release the Android version of GIF Chat by end of this month.

Interested can download the app from the iTunes App Store here.