Apple and Android phones don’t exactly have a history of playing nice together, but one of the latest updates to the Android setup app means iOS users will no longer have to face the loss of Live Photos when making the switch to Android. While the update launched with the Google Pixel 9 series in August, the feature was buried under new device updates in the Android Switch app.
Apple’s Live Photos take a few seconds of video before and after the still shot, resulting in a seemingly “moving” image. Live Photos save as two separate files, one a photo and one a video, typically either a JPEG and MOV file or HEIF/HEVC. On compatible Apple devices, the resulting file appears as a more interactive file which can also be used to create moving wallpapers or even exported as GIFs.
