I'm very disappointed in the live wallpaper. It looks great in the ads. All liquid and flowing. The only time I see it move is when I'm selecting it. The message to press on the screen to see it animate comes up. It looks good when I press on it then but that's the only time I see it move. No excitement during normal use.
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Live wallpaper is dead...
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It’s the equivalent of one of those crappy rides outside of a Kmart. It’s colorful and looks fun, but doesn’t do much and doesn’t last.
It’s definitely one of those, “if you are planning on doing such a crappy job then don’t do it at all”
If live wallpapers would play automatically on wake, it’d be a really nice touch.
As implemented now? Yawn.
As implemented now? Yawn.
I wish they would be able to implement some of the live designs we have, and the ones coming in 11.2 to some sort of dynamic wallpaper since those actually do something.
Live wallpaper is not equal to dynamic wallpaper or screensaver sort of thing. It is what it says it is. Reacts to your press. Just like live photos. You see movements on them when you 3d touch.
I never understood why the live wallpapers don’t move when you wake your screen. Why *must* you 3D Touch your lockscreen to see it move? Who does that?
Seems like just a gimmick in order to give 3D Touch more use cases.
Seems like just a gimmick in order to give 3D Touch more use cases.
It feels so crappy, they released it with the iPhone 5? 5s? and never updated again
Seems some are confused here.
Dynamic wallpapers move on their own
Live wallpapers are static until you touch the screen and will animate until you let go of the screen.
The live wallpapers are a joke. Not sure why Apple even bothers with them. I’d rather see more dynamic wallpapers.
Dynamic wallpapers move on their own
Live wallpapers are static until you touch the screen and will animate until you let go of the screen.
The live wallpapers are a joke. Not sure why Apple even bothers with them. I’d rather see more dynamic wallpapers.
I would like the wallpaper from the iPhone X commercial, the flowing colors.
Comes with the 11.2 update.
But I would like to have that as a dynamic wallpaper!
Yep, my bad. Agreed, live is worthless. Not even to show people as it’d be pretty sad to have to press (ie cover) the screen just to show them. The live wallpapers should be put into a loop and converted to dynamic.
I’m on an 8 Plus - so you’re saying if you have a live wallpaper on the X, it goes into motion when you wake the phone?
No that is a dynamic wallpaper.
Live wallpapers only move when pressed upon. You can make a Live Photo and then use it as a live wallpaper.
I haven’t seen a way to make your own dynamic wallpaper.
The iPhone X commercials show the wallpaper moving on it's own. No finger on the screen. It's not necessary in life but it would be nice to have what they advertised.
It’s not even showing the actual wallpaper but a video showing the colours mixing to highlight the new display.