When is native GIF support coming to Android? When I try to view a GIF in Whatsapp, or the default Android Gallery app - GIFs do not autoplay.

Why is this? When is native support for GIFs coming to Android?
To till date now, Android OS don't have native support to run GIF files. For such approach they demand to use a GIF Player or any Media Player who is aware to run GIF (stack of images animated).

E.g. Gallery app, Photos app etc they have features to play gif files.