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hundreds of millions of videos GIF

animations from photo bursts linear programming

 

custom linear solver, GLOP

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Darius Moss 20 hours ago - Shared publicly

 

rst gboard, and now this? i'm starting to get it. google wants me to ditch android for iOS.

i'm very tempted to.

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Mosh Jahán3 hours ago (edited)  

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I doubt Google is too concerned about which mobile OS people use, just as long as

Google search remains top dog. The point of Android wasn't to dominate the market,

but to enable the non-connected world to connect at low cost. Market domination was

the by product of a low cost OS.

+David Collantes 

Not to mention that Google Photos already makes looping gifs from burst/series

photos on Android and elsewhere. This just addresses the iOS-speci c format of

Apple's Live Photos.

Jerry Adney 10 minutes ago  

Charlie Collins 19 hours ago - Shared publicly

Dear Google,

WTF?! Why release something so cool to iOS and leave us, your Android faithful, without? I

say Boo on you!

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Jason Edwards 13 hours ago (edited) - Shared publicly

Are Android users really this clueless about why iOS at this time. It makes use of Live

Photos which is an iPhone feature. Maybe Google should make a reading comprehension

app for Android.

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I think it make sense to release the whole stack rather than just a stabilization app.

Google might be just testing the app on iOS users rst and then bring it to android.

Dinesh Dharme 10 hours ago  

actually, android devices also support burst shooting, which achieves the same

Fernando Miguel 3 minutes ago  

Lucas Oliveira 20 hours ago - Shared publicly

IOS??? WHY GOOGLE, WHY?

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Because iOS is the one who has Live Photos now? Give it some time, and I am almost

sure it will come to Android.

David Collantes 3 hours ago +1

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understood thank you =)

Lucas Oliveira 2 hours ago  

Purgarus 12 hours ago - Shared publicly

WHY IOS? Because, the whole point of this is to turn live photos into stabilized gifs, they

have made an algorithm SPECIFICALLY for doing such a task. Perhaps sometime in the

future they'll bring it to videos and android "we hope to integrate this feature into existingproducts like Google Photos" hinthint, but for now it makes complete sense as to why it's

only on IOS dear god.

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Brian Hinton 1 hour ago (edited) - Shared publicly

I agree with the concerns others are voicing here. Please don't forget about users of your

native ecosystem. I would love functionality like this on my Nexus 5x.

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"Smartburst" is standard on the Nexus 6p and it is similar and very cool. No, it is not

available on the 5x, but then again "Live Photos" is only available on the newest/highest

powered iPhones too. [Nexus 6p uses a better processor than the 5x.]

Kurt Hamon 40 minutes ago  

Noman Hasan 3 hours ago - Shared publicly

Very weird, You should've released the app rst on android and then based on the feedbackthink about iOS. This is not very loyal of you google.

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How would you propose to GET “Live Photos” onto an Android phone? There’s a reason

it’s released only for iOS. Very weird non-thinking.

Ian Goss 36 minutes ago +1

Chris Benford 18 hours ago - Shared publicly

Me want now!

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sameera kodikara 10 hours ago - Shared publicly

Nice App. Thanks Google (^^;)

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João Costa 18 hours ago - Shared publicly

Dude what the hell? iOS? cmon.... or you guys are thinking about buying apple? i refuse to

use ios...

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+TJ Horner Yes, Android....lol. I use it too so don't get offended. But I nd the comments

here especially the ones bitching about this not being on Android just too funny. It is like

Android users can't read. Everyone should calm down. Google doesn't care what OS you

use as long as you are using their services. So these comments about this being iOS

 

Jason Edwards 13 hours ago (edited) +3

Google doesn't have enough money to buy Apple. Not including the cost of Apple stock

Google would need an additional $200+ billion in cash.

Yes, Apple has a $200+ billion dollar cash reserve.

Comment Zilla 12 hours ago +1

Mark Azali 19 hours ago - Shared publicly

is there a way to force looping a photo?

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Marcin “Dzikoo” Dzikowski 20 hours ago - Shared publicly

Who cares about IOS? Nobody uses it...

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1 billion active iOS devices this year:

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/26/10835748/apple-devices-active-1-billion-iphone-

ipad-ios

Kári Emil Helgason 1 hour ago +1

You have your own reality distortion eld! Wow!

Ian Goss 35 minutes ago  

Antti Vesanen 5 hours ago - Shared publicly

So, what, you want us to switch to iOS?

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If you desire this software …

Ian Goss 35 minutes ago  

Frank Hogg 15 hours ago - Shared publicly

Snarky comment about Android's shortcomings held back with great restraint... You're

welcome.

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Stirling Campbell 15 hours ago - Shared publicly

This isn't bad, love the motion stabilisation effects, though export isn't good - 5mb gif or

mov;; is GifM possible?

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Stephen DeLucia 20 hours ago - Shared publicly

And Android?

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Ryan Whyte 1 hour ago - Shared publicly

Its completely unacceptable that Google would release this app for iOS without a

simultaneous Android release. Its a disrespectful slap in the face for the people who've

bought into Googles own ecosystem and shows how little Google apparently cares aboutits own users. For. Shame. Google.

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Please put brain into gear before posting.

Ian Goss 34 minutes ago +1

Adrian Belvin 1 hour ago - Shared publicly

Already similar apps on Android, so guess the priority was iOS instead...

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Marco Licandro 4 hours ago - Shared publicly

Many iOS users will fall in love with this. It would be great to extend the app to the Android

users with the ability to shoot a Live Photos like and then stabilise them :).

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