OpenAI released Images 2.6 on 4 November 2026, in ChatGPT, Codex and the API. It makes images 50% faster than before, and it can now make GIFs: pictures that move and loop.
That matters because people already make 4 billion images a week with OpenAI's tools, according to the same post. Most of them are still pictures. A short loop stands out in a feed, and until now you needed a designer or animation software to make one.
By the end of this guide you'll have made a looping GIF from one line, a frame-by-frame animation, a moving product shot, an animated character from a sketch, and a mascot you can reuse in any chat.
