Facebook is rolling out new AI features that let you animate your profile picture and restyle Stories and Memories. You’ll also be able to add animated backgrounds to text posts to make them pop in the feed.
With animated profile pictures, you will be able to give a still photo motion with some preset types of animations including “natural, party hat, confetti, wave and heart”. meta says. Meta suggests using a photo that shows a person facing the camera, with their face visible and not holding anything in their hands. More animation options will be added “all year long.”
To restyle Stories or Memories, you can tap the Restyle button and either type in the changes you want Meta’s AI to make to the photo or choose from Meta’s pre-defined options, like “anime” or “low-poly.” And to spruce up your text posts with the new animated background, when you’re drafting a post, look for an A icon on the rainbow background to pull up a menu of different background styles to choose from, including both animated and static options.
