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Google keeps making awesome iOS apps this time say hello chub motion spills it's a new app from Google research that turns apples live photos into animated gifs or movies if you have a newer iPhone like the iPhone 6s or the 6s plus your phone could take something called it live photos when you press your finger on a picture taken in live photo mode you'll see an animation of a moment before you took your photo the photo itself and a moment after the photo sound is also captured during this Google calls its new motion stills app a virtual camera operator for your Apple live photos the app can stabilize shaky shots by creating a virtual camera path the app can also recognize motion in both the foreground and in the background the results are pretty astonishing take a look at this run in the field before the app shaky and jarring after super smooth motion the same is true of this mountain scene on top of that Google added what it calls loop optimization that means the app will figure out when to start and stop your new animation so no more footage of you putting your phone back in your pocket the motion stills app even works offline it just needs access to your photo library after the app is done with your photo you can export it as an animated gif or as a movie clip this makes live photos a lot more shareable currently only certain Apple devices can easily view live photos motion stills is available now in the App Store and it's free that's it for this tech news update Amaya's Akhtar you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash