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Google’s new iOS-exclusive Motion Stills app turns Live Photos into shareable GIFs
July 08, 2025
Google has just released a cool new app exclusively for iOS devices. It’s called Motion Stills, and it makes Apple’s Live Photos a little easier to share with other people.
Live Photos, in case you’re unfamiliar, are short little video clips that are captured before and after each photo taken with an iPhone camera. They’re sort of like animated GIFs, but can only be viewed on Apple devices. The problem is, Live Photos may be cool, but what if you want to share one of those with your Android-loving friend? Google’s Motion Stills app will convert Live Photos into animated GIFs (and also throw in some video stabilization technology) to make them much easier to share with everyone.
Here are two examples of a Live Photo before and after stabilization with Motion Stills:
How exactly does this whole thing work? I’ll let Google explain:
Motion Stills is an app that lives on your device and requires no internet connection. You don’t even have to sign in to make it work.
So why is the app an iOS-exclusive? Google says this is a way to experiment and iterate quickly on the tech needed for short video creation. Based on user feedback, the company hopes to bring the feature intoGoogle Photos.
Have an iPhone and want to give it a shot? Head to the App Store todownload the new Motion Stills app.
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