Photo: Courtesy Facebook.Live Photos are denoted by an icon with concentric circles in the corner. On the iPhone app, iPhone 6s owners can press anywhere on the image to make it come to life. For those of us on other phones, we can tap that concentric circle icon to play the Live Photo. To upload, just add a photo as you normally would, but press the "Live" button in the lower right-hand corner to ensure it uploads the full loop and not just a still image. Then, you can add a caption and post to your Timeline.
As usual, Facebook is rolling out this feature with a small number of iOS app users today. More and more people will gain access into the New Year.
Facebook isn't the first to (finally!) integrate Live Photos. Just last week, Tumblr also added them to its iOS app and website. Before that, Live Photo sharing was exclusively available to iOS 9 users.
GIFs and videos are taking over social media, so it was only a matter of time before apps started allowing Live Photo sharing, too. I can't wait to blast out all the live clips I've been taking of my cat these past few months. Brace yourself, world.
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