It signifies that the video recording is complete. This label will remain on until 1.5 seconds after you tap the shutter button.

The word 'Live' will also appear at the top of the screen.

You will know when ‌Live Photos‌ is on when the icon is highlighted in yellow.

Tap the Live Photos icon (it looks like a set of concentric circles).

Open the Camera app on your ‌iPhone‌ or ‌iPad‌.

The Live Photo feature may be on or off by default you can control it by following the steps below. ‌Live Photos‌ can be taken on ‌iPhone‌ 6s and later, ‌iPad‌ (5th generation) or later, iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad mini (5th generation), iPad Pro (all models), and iPod touch (7th generation).

How to view Live Photos on different devices.

How to add a Live Photo to your Lock Screen.

How to merge several Live Photos as a video.

How to change the key image in a Live Photo.

You can click the links below to jump to the sections that most interest you. This guide will help you make the most of ‌Live Photos‌ by showing you what you can do with them. However, once you tap that shutter button, everything recorded prior to 1.5 seconds beforehand will be deleted. That means, if you open your camera app and leave it open for a few minutes, your device will be recording video the whole time. After you tap the shutter button with ‌Live Photos‌ on, the app saves only the 1.5 seconds beforehand and discards the rest. ‌Live Photos‌ are made possible thanks to a background feature built into Apple's camera app, which automatically starts recording the moment you open it on your device.

With the feature enabled, your iPhone or iPad grabs up to 1.5 seconds of video before and up to 1.5 seconds of video after you tap the shutter button.

Basically, a Live Photo is a combination of a video clip and a still image that results in something akin to an animated GIF when long pressed.

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