How to have a video lock screen

How to have a video lock screen
This iPhone trick will make your wallpaper more exciting. Getty Images

If you’re a big fan of a particular video, there’s a quick way to make a clip of it a live photo on your iPhone lock screen.

Live wallpapers work like live photos or GIFs and they’re a fun way to make your lock screen more exciting.

How to set video as lock screen on iPhone

You’ll need an iPhone 6S or above (excluding the iPhone SE) for this trick.

Apple has a selection of stock live wallpapers but it’s more fun to set your own.

If you have a live photo in your Photos app you want to use then just open it, click the button in the bottom left hand corner and scroll to “Use as Wallpaper”.

Click this and it should automatically appear as a live photo wallpaper unless you turn it off.

Alternatively, you can turn a video into a live photo.

Find a video of your choice on your iPhone.

Download and open a popular app called intoLive.

Once you give it access to your camera roll you can upload any video and the app will make it into a five second long live photo.

How to have a video lock screen
Live wallpapers work like live photos or GIFs and they’re a fun way to make your lock screen more exciting.Getty Images

You can select which part of the video you want in the live photo and add effects.

When you’re happy click “Make” in the top right.

When it’s done, click “Save Live Photo” and it should go into your Photos app.

Then you can follow the steps for a live photo wallpaper mentioned above or go to Settings > Wallpaper > Choose a New Wallpaper.

This will allow you to select your newly made live photo and click “Set to Lock Screen”.

Just hold the lock screen down and your live photo will play.

This photo originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced here with permission.

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Excelon The 4th Avalon Heirs

It's hard to use, hard to pin point how long the video I want to use, recommended to use video that already have fix length, I can't see the preview before applying it, AND THE MOST PROBLEMATIC OF THEM ALL, THE VIDEO LOCKSCREEN IS USELESS AFTER YOU CLOSE THE APPS IN BACKGROUND. The developer can fix the biggest problem in Video Wallpaper, even I close the apps in the background, the video wallpaper still applied. Please fix this problems.

161 people found this review helpful

First of all, this app is almost something I wanted to design my phone. However, I encountered an extremely serious issue using this app and made me panicked so hard. Basically, there's a button called "Pattern Preview" in the Settings. I pressed it and my lock screen preview showed up. The pattern password was literally a decoration and I was literally stuck in there and couldn't do anything. Luckily, I could restart my phone and uninstalled this app. Please remove that button for good. Thx.

26 people found this review helpful

I really hate this app. its very hard to use and when you save the settings you made, it will save then when it shows a ad, the setting you made will gone and you need to repeat again and again. And also 3 seconds video takes 5+ minutes to finish? Bruh and theres no back button when you save the settings. You need to reset the app to go back on the menu. So 1 star for this trash app

100 people found this review helpful

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How do I make a video my lock screen?

On Android:.
Open the Video to Wallpaper app..
Tap the plus + sign in the bottom-right corner of the screen. ... .
In the pop-up, tap Choose, select your desired video, then and tap OK..
Tap Apply and then OK to continue..
Tap Video to Wallpaper. ... .
Tap Set Wallpaper at the bottom of the screen..

How do I set a video as my lock screen background?

Open the video you want to set as a wallpaper in the Gallery app. Tap on the three-dot menu button in the bottom right corner. Select the 'Set as wallpaper' option in the menu. This will bring up two options — 'Lock screen' and 'Call background'.