How to save live photos?
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Since Feb 26, 2026.
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Steps to reproduce
- Long press a Live Photo.
- Since there is no “Save Live Photo to photo album” option, tap “Share”.
- Tap “Save Image”.
- The Live Photo is saved as a static image instead.
Expected behaviour
Save the origin live photo
Actual behaviour
Only jpg file was download, without the mov file
Logs
Reasoning or why should it be changed/implemented?
Environment data
iOS version: iOS 26.3
Nextcloud iOS app version: 33.0.2.1
Server operating system:
Web server: nginx
Database: postgres
PHP version: 8
Nextcloud version: 33.0
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