iPhone 6s users can now share Live Photos as animated GIFs

Live Photos is one of the big new features available in Apple’s latest iPhones. As a quick refresher, these are a cross between a photo and a video -- 1.5 seconds of footage is recorded before and after the shot is taken, and when you press down hard on a Live Photo, using 3D Touch, it plays.

There is one big problem with Live Photos though, and that’s while you and other iOS 9 and Mac OS X El Capitan users can enjoy them in all their animated glory, share one with users on other platforms -- Windows or Android, for example -- and all the recipient will see is the standard still image. Where's the fun in that? Thankfully, Live Photos can now be shared as animated GIFs. Here’s how.

What you need to do is download Priime's new Live GIF app from the Apple App Store. This costs $1.99.

Once installed, you can choose the Live Photos you want and save them as a GIF (or MOV file, if you prefer) ready for sharing on Facebook, iMessage, Twitter, Email, Instagram, and more. Live Photos include audio, but obviously the GIF versions don’t.

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There’s no editing available in the app (yet), but you can trim the GIFs using any other editing apps.

This is the first such Live Photos-to-GIF conversion app, but expect plenty more in the coming weeks and months.