Google Photos can now save Motion Photos as GIFs

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Those with the Google Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL will get a new update to export Motion Photos as GIFs to the Google Photos app. Although it is not a huge update that everyone would be using, but still it can be fun to use them once in a while.
Motion Photos do exactly what the name suggests: They capture frames before and after your image, so your picture appears to be moving. This new feature is accessible from the three-dot menu in Photos’ image viewer. Just tap ‘Export’ and choose whether you’d like to have your Motion Photo as a video, a still photo, or a GIF. The resulting GIF is larger in size when compared to the original Motion Photo (about two to four times), but that compensates for the high 1024×768 result. It also makes sharinng with others easy.
However, while motion photos can be saved…

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