Motion Wall: Video Wallpaper

Set your own clip as a video live wallpaper — or a photo, or a generated pattern. Motion Wall trims and frames it, keeps it set after a restart and shows you that it is really running on your home screen.

▶ STAYS SET AFTER A RESTART

• Your phone starts the wallpaper again after a restart, and Motion Wall reads its saved setup every time it starts — the same clip, trim, framing and speed come back.

• While the clip gets ready, or if the phone can't decode it, your still frame is shown instead of a black screen, and it retries after 2, 10 and 60 seconds.

▶ SEE THAT IT REALLY RUNS

• Tap Set wallpaper and confirm in the system preview. Back in the app, it asks the phone what is set and shows the result: "Set on home screen · drawing", how many frames it drew and the screen size.

• The "Now on your phone" card on the main screen keeps checking: Home ✓, the lock-screen state, frames drawn and how long ago.

• If something is wrong, the card names it — another wallpaper is set, Motion Wall isn't set, the clip can't be decoded (with codec and size) or the file is missing — with a Fix button.

• Already your wallpaper? A new wall switches in place, without the system preview.

▶ TRIM, FIT AND SPEED

• Trim 1 to 60 seconds with two handles on a filmstrip.

• See the length and how often it repeats, for example "5.5 s · repeats every 3.7 s".

• Speed: 0.5×, 0.75×, 1×, 1.25×, 1.5× or 2×.

• Blend loop seam: off, 0.3, 0.5 or 1 second, so the end fades into the first frame.

• Fill, Fit, Stretch or Original. In Fill, drag to choose the part you see and pinch to zoom up to 4×. Fit adds bars in one of 5 colors; Original shows 1 video pixel per screen pixel.

• The preview has your wallpaper's shape, with a clock and icon guide to frame around.

▶ PHOTOS AND PATTERN

• Move part of a photo: drag arrows where water, clouds or hair should flow, pin or paint over what must stay still, and make a loop video (a cinemagraph) that repeats without a jump. Then set it as your live wallpaper in the editor.

• Make a photo move: slow zoom (up to 8% and back every 12 seconds), a sideways pan, or keep it still.

• No clip at hand? Try the generated pattern — it moves on its own and uses no file.

• Keep up to 50 walls in My walls, each tile with its length, speed and size in MB. Deleting has a 5-second Undo.

▶ EASY ON THE BATTERY

• It plays while your home screen is visible, pauses when it's hidden and releases the video after 30 seconds.

• Turn on "Still image in battery saver" to show a still while battery saver is on.

▶ GOOD TO KNOW

• The system preview decides whether the wallpaper goes on the home screen or on home and lock screen; apps can't choose. Some lock screens don't show live wallpapers — you can put a still frame on the lock screen instead.

• The lock-screen state can be read on system version 14 and later; on older versions the card shows "unknown".

• Clips play without sound. Source videos up to 2 GB, the part you keep up to 300 MB. HDR clips are shown in standard range; GIFs use their first frame.

• If your phone has no decoder for a clip, the app tells you when you pick it.

• Your videos and photos are processed on your phone and stored in the app; the app doesn't upload them. Walls aren't included in backups. If you uninstall the app, your phone returns to its default wallpaper.

• Ads: a banner on the main screen, and sometimes a full-screen ad after you tap Done on a wallpaper that was set. Ads never appear in the editor.