If you ever get tired of the stock wallpapers on your Sony Xperia 1 IV and want to put some sparkle in your life, live wallpaper is an attractive option. You may have heard of these kinds of wallpapers lately, but they've actually been around for a number of years. Only, few people take advantage of it while there are now very good quality wallpapers.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you, in this article how to set live wallpaper on your Sony Xperia 1 IV? To do this, to begin with, we will explain to you how and what is the purpose of animated wallpapers on your smartphone, and, finally, the different ways to configure an animated wallpaper on your Sony Xperia 1 IV.
What is an animated wallpaper on Sony Xperia 1 IV?
What is an animated wallpaper? You've probably already put photos of your loved ones as the background image on your Sony Xperia 1 IV, but you've probably never heard of animated wallpapers! These are sometimes 3D images that will be animated, so you will have the option of having a dynamic background. There are thousands of them, you can find free or paid ones on the web.
Quite pleasant and allowing you to personalize your Sony Xperia 1 IV as much as possible, these wallpapers can be either GIFs or basic animated wallpapers. You will therefore have a multitude of choices. Be careful however, live wallpapers consume a lot of battery, therefore do not hesitate to check the battery status of your Sony Xperia 1 IV.
How do I set up an animated wallpaper on a Sony Xperia 1 IV?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, we will explain how to configure an animated GIF background on your Sony Xperia 1 IV. Several possibilities can be applied to you, we detail them all for you to see which one suits you best or is compatible with your version of Android.
Set a "Live Wallpaper" background directly from the home of your Sony Xperia 1 IV
First technique that you can perform, you can change the wallpaper of the home page of your Sony Xperia 1 IV, without going to the settings, very easily from the home page of your smartphone. To do this, nothing could be easier, follow the following instructions:
- Unlock your Sony Xperia 1 IV
- Leave your finger pressed on an empty area of one of your home screens
- Press the "Wallpaper" menu
- Select if you want set live wallpaper for home or lock screen on your Sony Xperia 1 IV
- 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"
Set an animated wallpaper on your Sony Xperia 1 IV via the settings
In the event that you are unable to follow the procedure via the home page of your Sony Xperia 1 IV, don't worry, you can do exactly the same by going through the settings of your smartphone. To do this, follow the instructions below:
- Go to the "Settings" of your smartphone
- Click on the "Wallpaper" menu
- Follow the same technique as that seen in the previous part to choose the dynamic wallpaper that corresponds to your Sony Xperia 1 IV
The best live wallpaper apps for a Sony Xperia 1 IV
In the event that the choice of animated wallpapers pre-installed on your Sony Xperia 1 IV does not delight you (it is regularly limited), note that there are free wallpaper catalog applications, animated or not, 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 phone on the web, we strongly suggest that you go through these apps that do the work for you. We have chosen to show you the procedure to follow with the application M :
- Download and install the application on your Sony Xperia 1 IV
- Accept authorization requests for your storage and photos
- You can either choose the HD live wallpaper you like or choose to have a random rotation of the wallpaper, it will be up to you to define the frequency of change. A solution that we find really practical so as not to let go of your background
There are a good number of applications that manage animated wallpapers, that said, regularly an application corresponds to a single animated wallpaper, or to a very specific theme, therefore do not hesitate to look for the application that suits you the most.
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