Some Android users are receiving distorted GIFs from iPhone users with missing pixels covered in dots.
Something strange is going on as Android users who use Google Messages are receiving GIFs from iPhone users that turn into distorted still images with dots and missing pixels. Since they are being sent to Android users from an iPhone, the GIFs are sent via SMS or MMS as iOS does not support the Rich Communication Services (RCS) platform, used with Google Messages. Sometime later this year, iOS will add support RCS.
Android users on Reddit (via 9to5Google) have been complaining about this issue with the distorted GIFs spotted on Pixel and Galaxy handsets. One Pixel 7 Pro owner disabled the „Send photos faster“ setting on Google Messages and the issue went away. Another Android user said that this couldn’t be a legit fix because the GIFs he received from an iPhone user came out distorted and he already had the „Send photos faster“ setting disabled.
