Samsung Adds GIF to Always-On Display; Works With Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy Note 8 4mu4z

Galaxy S9 family in the coming future, though. 5o2yv

Always-On Display has been a part of the Galaxy family Galaxy S7 range. But up until now, it was allowing s mainly show a clock or a still image on the display when the handset is idle, apart from notifications. Samsung is now seemingly in plans to upgrade the experience with GIF . You can either select one of the preloaded GIFs or add one of your favourites via the Gallery.

There is a limitation on the length of the GIF. You, therefore, need to tap the edit button in the Gallery and trim the GIF to make it compatible with your device. The selected GIF on the device will also not be played in an endless loop. This means that the GIF will play only once when you turn the display off. Having said that, as folks at Android Police note, that you can double tap the screen in idle mode to play the GIF another time. All these tweaks are designed to make GIF battery efficient.

To get GIF on your Samsung device, make sure that you are using the latest Always-On Display app. The new addition also requires your handset to run Android Oreo. Moreover, you can visit APK Mirror to the updated Always-On Display APK.