(Each app also lets you grab a still frame from a Live Photo to share as a photo if you don't like the image that your iPhone selected.) Two free apps make it easy to convert Live Photos to videos or GIFs: Lively and LP Converter. For Twitter, you can use either a video or a GIF. If you want to share a Live Photo to a wider audience on Facebook or to any audience on Instagram, you need to convert a Live Photo to a video.
Even then, they'll have to notice the little Live Photo icon in the lower-right corner and 3D Touch or (on older devices) press-and-hold on the photo to put it in motion.įor Instagram and Twitter, neither supports Live Photos. Facebook supports Live Photos, but only your Facebook friends using the Facebook iOS app and running iOS 9 will be able to make the picture move. Your sharing options for Live Photos, however, are limited. If you have an iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus or iPhone SE and you enjoy the Live Photos feature that captures a few seconds of video when you snap a photo, then sooner or later you will create a Live Photo worth sharing on social media.
