Apple Introduces Moving 'Live Photos' for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus

Apple today announced a new feature for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus called "Live Photos" that allows users to use the new 3D touch feature to see quick, GIF-like moments of photos they have taken. The company reinstated that the Live Photo feature is not video, it's an actual photo with all of the same high-quality camera capabilities brought to the new generation of iPhone, but with the ability to move when a user presses onto the photo for a few seconds with 3D touch.


To do this, the feature records 1.5 seconds of video on each side of a photo to capture movement. The company also confirmed that Live Photos will be able to be viewed on the entire line-up of the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and even Apple Watch line. Users will even be able to use the new feature to set up Live Photos as a lock screen on iPhone, and even use the feature to make custom motion wallpapers each time you raise the Apple Watch to check the watch face.

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