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When Apple at the "Hey" conference Siri" almost three weeks ago introduced iPhone 6s, 6s Plus and with them Live Photos, I wondered what everyone was seeing in them, that they were actually just some kind of animations similar to gifs. However, I soon realized that Apple he took animations in his own way, implemented them cleverly into his ecosystem, and actually made them into something completely different. As soon as I got it less than 48 hours ago iPhone 6s in hand, I had to immediately 3D Touch display try it out new, great camera and with it, of course, Live Photos.

What is it really about? Live Photos are moving photos that record everything before and after the photo is taken. So you can take photos normally, but for all photos you will also be able to play back what happened 1,5 seconds before the photo was taken and 1,5 seconds after the photo was taken. As a result, the animation is 3 seconds long and, unlike gifs, it also contains sound. The resulting file consists of both photos and video, and in terms of data volume, it is only 2x larger than a regular photo, which is quite decent, since it is normally a 12 MPx photo. On the iPhone 6s, Live Photos are played by pressing harder on the 3D Touch display. You can even add a live photo as wallpaper and to the lock screen, where you can also play it by pressing harder on the display.

But I definitely don't think you'd use Live Photos all the time. It is a function that you only turn on when you expect the result to be interesting. It's a bit of a shame, because if you're trying to capture a certain moment that happened just before or just after you pressed the shutter, then Live Photo could save you and you'd at least have that moment for animation in the form of Live Photo . Otherwise, I think that thanks to Live Photos, users can create really interesting backgrounds for their iPhones or Apple Watch and I can already think of several interesting moments where I intend to use them.

iPhone 6s Live Photos

What I would complain about live photos on the iPhone 6s is their complete non-smoothness. They cannot be compared to live wallpapers at all, which Apple serves on the iPhone 6s, because they are really beautiful and absolutely smooth. Live Photos sometimes seem like a short video that is missing some images. When you move faster, you will see a kind of stuttering, as if the moving object suddenly moved, even if there is a certain animation, it does not seem completely smooth. But with slower moving objects, the animation is seamless and looks much smoother, which you can actually see right on apple.com.

If I were to summarize everything at the end, I personally think that Live Photos is a nice function with which they can come up with really interesting things and make good use of it. Otherwise, I maintain the opinion that this is not one of the key features of the new iPhone 6s, which should make customers decide to switch to the latest Apple phone. This is a nice bonus to win and will help you capture more memories and immerse you a little better in the moment the photo was taken. You will certainly better remember the details, the atmosphere and everything else that was related to a particular photo.

In the video below you can see how Live Photos are taken and then played back. Note that you have to activate the function above for the live photo to be taken. You can also turn it off. In playback, you can then see the mentioned jerky movement during fast movement, as the fish suddenly quickly swam away from the shot.

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