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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android authority app guy live wallpapers aren't as popular as they used to be but a lot of people still enjoy them so for today's review we're gonna take a look at a new and unique wallpaper called gallery 3d okay so as you can imagine this is a live wallpaper thus it acts like your average live wallpaper you set it up as you normally wouldn't access the settings the exact same way you can also double tap on the screen once it's set to actually get back into the settings the settings are pretty comprehensive once you get used to them a variety of them require in-app purchases which we know you don't like however there is a preview mode we can at least see what it looks like before you buy it from there it's simply mix and match pick your animations pick your background and what photos get shown on the wallpaper and of course the particles once done you created yourself a live wallpaper so how can you use this well it's a live wallpaper so the answer to this is pretty simple you can use it to have a nice looking wallpaper the customization is pretty wide and you can have pictures display anything your family cars game pictures or whatever your interest may be you can make it work here and once you work your way around the app and figure out how everything works it's actually pretty fun to use so here's what we liked about gallery 3d it has a wide range of customizations to deliver a really good experience you can choose animation speed what pictures show up the fact on the particles and all sorts of other things it's possible to make it look and act pretty much how you want it to the developers gave me a preview build four days before the app came out and this review took place three days later during the course of that week there were four updates one of which added the preview feature so developers seemed pretty on the ball with fixing bugs and adding new stuff and that's something we always like lastly we enjoyed the performance during use the battery didn't drain nearly as much as expected and the battery strain is barely noticeable at all also the performance in general was quick and smooth of course we did test this on a nexus 4 so your mileage may vary but we don't see this at performing poorly unless it's a very old device so here's what we didn't like we wish we had more control over the animation speed and type when swiping home screens the setting may be too quick for some and there isn't a way to turn it down the auto animations do have this setting though so there is something else to use if the swiping is too fast we know how people feel about in-app purchases and this app has them nothing is overly expensive and you can preview paid elements before you buy them so at least there is that also as more features get added expect the in-app purchases list to grow again it's not a bad thing but we know many people don't like them overall this is a great live wallpaper that can be pretty deeply customized once you make your way around the app you can have the pictures be whatever you want or you can use the stock offerings there are a few particle options background options and other things you can even use a custom background but do note the best backgrounds are ones that can be titled it's free to use with some in-app purchases that seems to be the way devs are doing things these days All Things Considered it's really nice that the in-app purchases are cheap and it's nicer that you can preview them first there is room for improvement but isn't there always and that shouldn't stop you from giving this app a shot once again I'm Joe Hendy the Android authority app guy feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel and if you like this video check out some of our other ones don't forget to check out the written companion to this video and the social media links in the video description thanks for watching and have a wonderful day