Twitter New Feature: Upload iOS live photos as GIFs on Twitter

Twitter has rolled out a new feature for its iOS app that allows users to upload live photos as GIFs. Earlier the iOS app users only had an edit option to the image that they are tweeting, but now they can convert it into a GIF.

With this updated feature, you can capture short videos and upload them like GIFs via your iPhone or any other iOS device.

Give the gift of GIFs. You can now upload your iOS Live Photos as GIFs anywhere you upload photos on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/D8TIfsBwyd

— Twitter (@Twitter) December 11, 2019

Up till now iOS users and Android users could only upload a GIF on twitter but only by using a third-party app.

Nolan O'Brien Twitter's senior staff software engineer has also announced that this feature will also preserve the JPEG encoding on images up to 16 MP when uploaded through Twitter for Web so that the quality of the image is not degraded.

Follow these simple steps and make your GIFs.

How to share iOS live photos as GIFs on Twitter

Step 1: Tap on the "Tweet" icon on Twitter

Step 2: Select "Live photos" option and choose the desired photo from the photos

Step 3: Now tap on the "GIF" option at the bottom left corner

And users have already started using this feature and are posting on Twitter while the android users are upset since there is no word from the company if it will be rolled out for android or not.

Testing Twitter's new Live Photos -> GIF feature. Here's a goat. pic.twitter.com/8IgMxRuZFt

— Jay Peters 🧇 (@jaypeters) December 11, 2019

🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/uPxKEBJlWF

— Ged Tarpey (@ged) December 12, 2019