LinkedIn finally updates messages so you can send emoji and GIFs

If you're one of the 300 million people who use LinkedIn, you may have noticed its messaging feature needed an update. Apparently, LinkedIn thought so, too

The social network is gradually rolling out an update starting Tuesday morning to iOS, Android and web that incorporates a slew of new features offered by other services like Facebook Messenger, including chat threads, and the ability to add emoji and GIFs to messages.

"We know many of you have been asking for this ability, and we’ve taken a thoughtful approach to reflect the evolving ways professionals are communicating with one another today, as well as the different ways our members are interacting with each other across our international markets," wrote Mark Hull, LinkedIn's director of product management, in a company blog post Read more...