Live Photos on iPhone and iPad have this hidden feature

Live Photos are a great feature on your iPhone or iPad, but sharing the moving photos with non-Apple devices isn’t that easy. Fortunately, there is a handy function that turns the Live Photo into a video. This way you can freely share the short video.

With a Live Photo, your iPhone or iPad creates a moving image, so you can go back to the moment of the photo even better. It’s like a short video. You activate the Live Photo by briefly pressing a snapshot, although you have to enable the feature.

iPhone and iPad: this is how you enable Live Photos

To enable Live Photos, open your iPhone or iPad’s Camera app and tap the icon at the top right of the screen. If ‘Live’ briefly appears on the screen, you know that you have succeeded. If you take a snapshot now, it is automatically a Live Photo.

Open the Photos app to view your Live Photos. You press the snapshot to play the Live Photo, but if you click on the top left of the screen Live taps, you also play it as a GIF by Repeat to choose. You can also play with the options Bounce and Long exposure. We explain below how to make a video from a Live Photo on your iPhone or iPad.

Make a video of your Live Photo

Making a video from a Live Photo is incredibly easy. You don’t need a separate app on your iPhone or iPad, you can just get started from the Photos app. Grab the Live Photo if you wish.

When you have a Live Photo in front of you, open the settings menu in the top right corner. Now tap Save as video. The video is ready in seconds. You’ll find your new video at the very bottom of your image list. The original Live Photo will also be kept on your iPhone or iPad.