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 the animated profile pictures, you’ll 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 featuring a single person facing the camera with a visible face who isn’t holding anything. More animation options will be added “throughout the year.”
To restyle Stories or Memories, you can tap on the Restyle button and either type out the changes you want Meta’s AI to make to the photo or pick from Meta’s pre-set options, like “anime” or “low-poly.” And to spruce up your text posts with the new animated backgrounds, while you’re drafting a post, look for an A icon over a rainbow background to pull up a menu of different background styles to pick from, including both animated and still options.
