During the golden age of the Internet, animated GIFs were all the rage—and as with all things Internet, it seems we've come full circle now. You can easily send animated GIFs through popular messaging services like WhatsApp and can post them on social media like Facebook.

If you use Google Images to find photos and GIFs in Chrome, you might find it difficult to separate the two in the search results, and even if you do separate them, you would likely prefer to play the animated GIF before visiting its web page.

So, let's look at how you can get animated GIFs in image searches on Google Chrome and other Chrome-based browsers. Here, we'll cover how to filter animated GIFs from images in the search results and also how to play those GIFs right from the results.

How to Filter Animated GIFs From Image Searches on Any Browser

Let's head over to Google to begin this guide. Once the Google homepage loads, click on Images in the top-right corner next to the dotted menu icon. We searched for "Messi" for testing purposes and got the relevant image results.

A Screenshot of Google Homepage

Now that you have images of Lionel Messi, you can filter the animated GIFs by clicking on Tools in the top bar and clicking on Type > GIF. You can see that a little GIF indicator now appears on all of your search results.

That's it. You have successfully filtered animated GIFs from the image search results. And this part works on any browser, as it's a functionality offered by the Google website itself.

Filtering GIFs From the Google Image Search Results

How to Play Animated GIFs in Image Searches on Chrome

This part of the guide requires you to use Google Chrome or a Chrome-based browser to follow along. Once in Chrome, download and install Gifs autoplay for Google extension. If you are on your smartphone, you can install Chrome extensions this way.

GIFs Autoplay for Google Chrome Extension

You don't have to adjust any settings for this extension after installation. Simply perform another search for animated GIFs as you did above, and now you'll see that all of your GIFs autoplay by default. Pretty easy, right?

You can also check out these GIF creator apps for Android if you'd like to create your own animated GIFs.

Find and Play GIFs in Google Image Search Results

Images can speak loud, but animated GIFs can speak even louder. There are plenty of great sources to find animated GIFs on the Internet. However, Google Images is probably the most easily accessible source that includes results from all the other sources.

If you still can't find the GIF of your choice, try creating one yourself using this guide.