Facebook Add Live Photos Support to iOS App
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Really, they're just a somewhat more sophisticated version of a service offered by a number of different apps, the key difference being that if you use a third party app to create a GIF, it won't save as such, instead it will be stored as a video. Live Photos just come as they are, but beyond that they haven't really had many notable applications since they first turned up back in September.
Now, though, you can share them onto the Facebook app, provided you're on iOS 9, and they will be viewable by anyone else using the app, regardless of which model iPhone they have (although their software has to be up to date as well). They can be shared in the same way as any other image, but come with a button showing three concentric circles. Simply tap that and the image will animate.
Sharing GIFs on Facebook has been a thing for quite some time (they have their own dedicated section in the chat box and everything) but making your own and putting them up has suddenly been made a great deal easier. They aren't the first ones to add this functionality, Tumblr has had it for a while, but the hope is that this will influence other app developers to update their software to integrate it, expanding the reach of the feature even further.
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Facebook Add Live Photos Support to iOS App
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