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The downside to Giphy is that it won't convert any GIFs in your Photos library unless you upload them to Giphy as either public or private GIFs. You can easily convert any GIF available on Giphy to a Live Photo, which you can then set as a live wallpaper for the lock screen. To avoid feeling like you need to pay to utilize any of the apps above fully, it's worth using an app that doesn't charge anything at all, such as Giphy.

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You get bugged frequently to upgrade to the pro version for $23.99 or an expensive subscription.Ĭonverting GIFs to live wallpapers using intoLive (left) and TurnLive (right). It's limited to GIFs of less than five seconds long, though you can make them longer with repeat options. You can purchase the ad-free version for $3.99.

VideoToLive: Free but has a lot of ads and a clunky interface.

To choose how often it repeats and keep from having to trim every time before conversion, you need to pay $2.99 weekly, which is a pretty hefty price tag.

TurnLive: Free but restricted to GIFs under three seconds long and no repeating, but you can flip the results.

If you upgrade to the $4.99 ad-free version, it lets you choose how many loops to include to lengthen the animation.

Pixact: Includes a watermark on saved Live Photos unless you pay $2.99 for pro features.

Below are a few apps you can use to convert a GIF to a Live Photo. Since there are no shortcuts worth exploring for GIF to Live Photo conversions, we have to turn to the App Store for a solution. Don't Miss: 26 Awesome Lock Screen Features Coming to Your iPhone in iOS 16.

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Dynamic wallpapers are still supported, and there are new weather and astronomy wallpapers that update in real time, but live wallpapers won't work anymore. There's a ton of new lock screen features available for iPhone, including the new lock screen switcher, which takes over the long-press gesture needed to animate live wallpapers. Compatibility with iOS 16īefore continuing, it's important to note that iOS 16, still in beta testing, no longer supports live wallpapers on the lock screen.

Still, Apple never included an action to convert anything to a Live Photo - even with all the new actions included in iOS 16. After all, there are actions to help convert files to different formats. Usually, I'd turn to the Shortcuts app to build and use a custom shortcut to perform image conversions. Since the wallpaper editor turns GIFs into still images, you need to convert the GIF you want to use as your lock screen wallpaper to a Live Photo, a format that will animate whenever you press on the screen.

Don't Miss: Get Apple's Very First iPhone Wallpaper on Your Home or Lock Screen.

Still, there's a whole world of GIFs out there, so why limit yourself to one or two live wallpapers from Apple?

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The live options vary depending on your iPhone model and software version, but there should always be a few to choose from. If you want an animated wallpaper on your lock screen in iOS 15.6 or older, the easiest thing to do is go to Settings –> Wallpaper –> Choose a New Wallpaper, then select one of Apple's available 'Live' wallpapers. It's an annoying limitation on iOS, but one that's easily bypassed with a tiny bit of work. You can set a GIF as the wallpaper for your iPhone's lock screen, but it won't animate like it does when looking at the image in the Photos app.

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