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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."

A GIF showing Facebook's tool to animate a still photo.
Sorry if this GIF of the feature looks a little grainy. I compressed it a tad to reduce the file size. | GIF: Meta

To restyle Stories or Memories, you can tap on the Restyle button and e …

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