How to use Samsung Galaxy phone to make GIF from any content

Taking screenshots is probably a feature that is very familiar to any smartphone user, but what about creating animated GIFs ? This sounds complicated. However, with Samsung Galaxy smartphones, you can create animated GIFs anytime very easily.

Many Samsung smartphones have a feature called “ Smart Select .” You can use this to select specific areas of the screen, which comes with a GIF creation tool . Smart Select was previously exclusive to Galaxy Note devices, but is now available on many other Galaxy smartphones.

Smart Select is only accessible from Samsung’s “ Edge Panels ” feature, so you’ll need to enable that first. Swipe down once from the top edge of your Samsung Galaxy device’s screen, then tap the gear icon to open the Settings menu.

Next, find and click on the “ Display ” item.

Turn on the “ Edge Panels ” feature toggle switch and then tap on it.

An animation will appear, showing you how to access Edge Panels. Tap " Panels ".

There will be a number of options here. However, we will only be interested in the “ Smart Select ” item, so check it.

Now, find any content that you want to turn into a GIF and open the Edge Panel by swiping out from the translucent tab on the edge of the screen.

You may have to swipe left or right to access the Smart Select panel. Here you will see the “ Animation ” option, tap on it.

If you're using YouTube as your GIF source, Smart Select will automatically highlight the area where the video will appear. You can also manually drag the corners to select whatever you want on the screen.

Before you start creating a GIF, tap on the quality menu and select “ High Quality ” or “ Standard Quality ”.

Now, you can tap the “ Record ” button to start creating your animated GIF. Tap the “ Done ” button to finish.

You will have options to draw on the GIF , share it directly, or save it to your device's local storage.