If you turned off Live Photos by default, perhaps to save space on your iPhone, you’ll want to check that setting once you install iOS 9.2.
I just did my iOS 9.2 update and Live Photos was turned back on, though I had explicitly turned it off. I found this out when I took a picture and went to edit the picture in the Photos app. I got a message telling me that Live Photos would be turned off for that photo and the edits would only be applied to the still photo.
I am not a fan of an update resetting my device settings. Presumably, this is just an anomaly. But if you prefer your Live Photos off, you might want to check this once you install the iOS 9.2 update.
To turn Live Photos on/off, launch the Cameras app, then tap the icon at the center of the row of icons at the top of the screen. When off, the Live Photos icon is white. When on, the Live Photos icon is a golden yellow.
Here’s hoping that Apple Car updates won’t mess with my defaults.
I’m still wondering when the lock screen will show live photo movement when unlocking, like they sorta showed in all that marketing material. Now it only animates when I press in the screen. Why not just show a hint of animation when unlocking the phone or plain going to the lock screen. It’s a bit of a none-feature now.
If only we were allowed to turn off burst mode. That would be something.
More on topic: I’ve noticed that a lot of my personal settings are automatically changed (for the worse) by updates lately. Either Apple is getting a lot sloppier or they have become the new Microsoft and actually want to force these things upon us without our consent.
Meh, I find keeping Live Photos on makes for 100% more interesting pictures. Now that lively lets you select frames from live photos and export them, its an even better option. Most people don’t seem to know about it so I’m actually glad Apple is turning it on… its easy to turn off.