Live Photos combine two things: the 3s video capture (1.5s before and 1.5s after you take the picture) at relatively low resolution, and the actual photo that i

Live Photos combine two things: the 3s video capture (1.5s before and 1.5s after you take the picture) at relatively low resolution, and the actual photo that is taken at full camera resolution. GIFs are missing the latter, and are more flexible in terms of length and what have you. This particular presentation also sticks to Apple's standard presentation of Live Photos: as a static high-res photo with an encircled play button (in some cases including the world LIVE) that triggers the associated low-res video. EDIT: No idea what you're asking about re: an Apple site. This is Apple releasing JS to make it easy to display a Live Photo on any site.