Read update. Before you go and get excited about GIF-ing up your Always On Display, you absolutely have to be running Oreo, or you're going to have a bad time.Like, don't-even-attempt-this bad ...

Should you enter the camera of the Galaxy S4, you’ll find a new feature called “Animated Photo.” This feature has one purpose, to create amazing animated GIFs without having to touch a computer.

If you’ve got a Galaxy S9, you can access this feature through your Always-On Display settings, while S8 and Note 8 owners will need to update their software to enable it.

However, there's another panel that turns your Galaxy S8 into a GIF making machine -- Smart Select. You'll need to take a few extra steps to set it all up, but afterward, you can create animated ...

Find a GIF; Set the GIF; 1. Update the Always-on Display. If you haven’t received the update yet, you can get the latest version of the Always-on Display by first hopping into the Galaxy Apps store.

But when you cram it all down into a four-second GIF, the results are pretty mesmerizing. This GIF, created by GadgetLove , shows the Samsung Galaxy S circa 2010 to 2015.