I want to use animated stickers (webp extension) but it doesn't work, any idea?
this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2026
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the file likely have .webp extension in your device, but extensions are meaningless, you can rename any file to .webp but that doesn't make it a webp, the file was named with .webp extension but in reality it was an animated png, when you uploaded it here probably this site figured out the mime-type and changed the extension of the uploaded file accordingly ๐
The extension change happens when i download the file from signal stickers site, it's detected as webp file despite being an animated png, I've download several stickers and it's a common problem. I can convert it with imagemagick but then increase the size of the file
mmmh in my experience animated webp is much smaller than animated PNG