In case you have had enough of the monotony of your OnePlus 8 and want to put some glitter in your life, live wallpapers are an alluring option. You've probably heard of this kind of wallpaper recently, but it actually has been around for a few years. However, few people use it when there are now very good resolution wallpapers.

We will precisely, today, show you, today how to set live wallpapers on your OnePlus 8? To do this, first of all, we will show you how and what is the point of live wallpapers on your mobile phone, and, finally, the different ways to put live wallpapers on your mobile phone. OnePlus 8.

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What is the point of live wallpapers on OnePlus 8?

What is an animated wallpaper? You have certainly already put photos of your loved ones as a background image on your OnePlus 8, despite everything you have surely never heard of live wallpapers! These are sometimes 3D images that will integrate an animation, so you will have the possibility of having a dynamic background. There are thousands of them, you can find free or paid ones on the web.

Quite nice and allowing you to personalize your OnePlus 8 as much as possible, these wallpapers can be either GIFs or classic animated wallpapers. You will therefore have a multitude of choices. Be careful though, live wallpapers consume a lot of battery, therefore do not hesitate to check the battery status of your OnePlus 8.

How to set up live wallpapers on OnePlus 8?

We now go to the practical part of this tutorial, we will show you how to configure an animated GIF background on your OnePlus 8. Several possibilities are available to you, we reveal them all to you to choose the one that suits you best or is adapted to your version of Android.

Define a "Live Wallpaper" background directly from the reception of your OnePlus 8

First technique at your disposal, you can change the wallpaper of the home page of your OnePlus 8, without going to the settings, all very easily from the home page of your mobile phone. To do this, nothing could be simpler, apply the following instructions:

  • Unlock your OnePlus 8
  • Leave your finger pressed on an empty area of ​​one of your home screens
  • Click on the "Wallpaper" menu
  • Choose if you want set an animated wallpaper for the home page or the lock screen of your OnePlus 8
  • You will only have to choose between your "Gallery" and the wallpapers already installed the one you want, the animated wallpapers are simply identifiable, some are referred to as "Dynamic wallpaper"

Choose an animated wallpaper on your OnePlus 8 via settings

If you ever do not manage to use the home page of your OnePlus 8, do not worry, you can do exactly the same by going through the settings of your mobile phone. To do this, follow the instructions below:

  • Go to the "Settings" of your mobile phone
  • Press the "Wallpaper" menu
  • Apply the same procedure as the one described in the previous part to choose the dynamic wallpaper that will suit your OnePlus 8

The best live wallpaper apps for a OnePlus 8

If ever, you do not like the choice of the animated wallpapers pre-installed on your OnePlus 8 (it is regularly limited), you should know that there are free applications for the catalog of wallpapers, animated or no, free or not, thanks to which you will surely find what you need. Instead of looking for wallpapers that are not necessarily suitable for your smartphone on the web, we strongly advise you to go through these apps that do the job for you. We decided to show you the manipulation with the application M :

  • Download and install the application on your OnePlus 8
  • Accept authorization requests for your storage and photos
  • You can either choose the HD live wallpaper you like or decide to have a random rotation of the wallpaper, it will be up to you to set the frequency of the change. An option that we find really practical so as not to be left behind

There is a large number of applications that manage animated wallpapers, however, regularly an application corresponds to a single live wallpaper, or to a specific theme, therefore do not hesitate to search for the application. that suits you the most.

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