You can take or upload a video of up to 7 seconds to use as your profile video. Profile videos appear at the top your profile just like a profile picture. You can currently only add a profile video from iPhone or Android.
To add a profile video from iPhone:
- Go to your profile and tap your profile picture or video
- Tap Take a New Profile Video to take a new video or tap Select Profile Video to choose a video on your phone
- Record a new video or select a video already on your phone
- Tap Use
To add a profile video from Android:
- Go to your profile and tap your profile picture or video
- Tap Take a New Profile Video to take a new video or tap Select Profile Video to choose a video on your phone
- Tap Next, then tap the bar at the bottom of the screen to choose a thumbnail for your video
- Tap Use
Note: Profile videos are public and can be viewed by everyone.
After taking or uploading a video, you can then select a thumbnail from the video as your profile picture. The picture will show up in Facebook's news feed. Only when people visit your profile page will they see your video, which helps people add a some flair to their profiles without making Facebook's newsfeed overly distracting.
Elsewhere in the update is new bio field that lets you add a short, 101-character blurb about yourself and featured photos that let you select the five photos that appear on the mobile version of your profile page. Both of these features are available from your profile page on both mobile and desktop platforms.
Lastly, you can set a temporary Facebook profile picture (but not video) for both iOS and Android. When you select a new photo to use for your profile picture, you'll see a small Make temporarybutton in the lower-left corner of the Crop screen. Tap on this button and you can select 1 Hour, 1 Day, 1 Week or Custom.
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