Motion Stills for Android

Quick summary of the app

Motion Stills, a Google Research creation, is an app that turns short video clips into smooth, cinematic pans or eye-catching cinemagraphs using advanced rendering and stabilization. Originally released for iOS, it is now available for Android devices as well.

Smooth results and easy sharing

Motion Stills emphasizes extremely effective stabilization so even small handheld shakes disappear, and static subjects can appear perfectly still. The app also includes safeguards to ignore accidental camera shakes and inadvertent pocket activations.

• Creates steady cinematic pans and subtle cinemagraphs
• Built-in protections against accidental shakes and pocket recordings
• Lets you share looping GIFs and movie-style clips with others

Android release and technical improvements

Launched in 2016 for iPhone users, Motion Stills has been ported to Android (requires Android KitKat or later). The Android edition improves the video pipeline by processing frames in real time during recording. That change lets the app stabilize footage on the fly and produce ready-to-share loops without additional waiting.

• Available on Android running KitKat (4.4) or newer
• On-device frame processing during capture for immediate stabilization
• No internet connection required to create GIFs or loops

How capture works

Using Motion Stills is simple: press the camera button and the app captures a brief clip, stabilizes it, and converts it into a looping GIF or a short movie automatically.

• One-tap capture: press the shutter and the app handles the rest
• Short clips (for example, three-second footage) are converted into a loop automatically

Notes and practical points

• Sharing is straightforward across platforms, removing many typical iPhone-to-Android restrictions
• The app produces loops quickly, so you can save or send results immediately after recording
• Works without network access, since processing happens locally on the device