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195 Facebook can animate your profile pic with AI

The Verge
Jay Peters @ The Verge · 02/10/2026 13:14 EDT

Facebook can animate your profile pic with AI

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 […]

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