How to Take Live Photos on iPhone

Last Updated: March 29, 2019 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to enable and view Live Photos on your iPhone. Live Photos record short videos before and after you press the shutter button, letting you see what happened just before and after the photo was taken. Live photos are available on iPhone 6s and newer models. Because Live Photos also record short videos, they also take up more storage space than regular photos. ^{[1]
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Method 1

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Take a Live Photo

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Open the Camera app. The Camera app has a grey icon with an image of a camera.
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Tap the Live button. The Live button is the button with several rings gradually fading out from the center. It's located at the top of the screen in the center. When the button is yellow, Live Photo is on. ^{[2]
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Tap the shutter button. The shutter button is the large round white button at the bottom-center of the screen. This will take a photo with the Live Photo.

Method 2

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View a Live Photo

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Open the Photos app. The photos app has an icon that resembles a colorful flower.
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Select a live photo. Live photos have the icon with the fading rings in the upper-left corner of the image thumbnail. Live photos display brief motion before and after the image was taken.
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Tap and hold on the photo. Long-press on the Live Photo to play the Live portion of the Live Photo. This will play the captured video that was captured before and after the photo was taken.