How to Set Video as Avatar - Facebook Avatar on Phone

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Don't worry, the following article shows you how to easily set a video as an avatar, Facebook avatar on your phone. Follow along to do the same!

You can completely apply the same operation below on many phones using Android and iOS operating systems.

I. Instructions on How to Set a Video as an Avatar - Facebook Avatar on Android Phones

1. Quick Guide

Go to your Facebook profile on your Android phone > Select your profile picture.
Select Record new avatar video when you record a video at the time of installation.
Select the circular icon below the screen to spin.
Select OK.
Select Save to set the recorded video as Avatar.

2. Detailed Instructions

Step 1: Go to your Facebook profile on your Android phone > Select your profile picture.

Go to your Facebook profile on your Android phone

Step 2: Select Record a new avatar video when you record a video at the time of installation.

Users can also completely click Select avatar video when they want to choose the video available in the device to make an avatar.

Select Record new avatar video when you record a video at the time of installation.

Step 3: Select the circular icon below the screen to record.

The allowed length to record a video as an avatar is up to 7 seconds.

Select the circular icon below the screen to spin

Step 4: Select OK when you are satisfied with the video you just recorded.

Or you press Try again to return to another video.

Select OK.

Step 5: Before choosing Save, you can choose Edit to use features like:

Crop: Trim the length, length, width of the video screen.
Thumbnail: Select 1 image in the video to make the cover photo.

Use editing features before installing video avatar

Step 6: Select Save to set the recorded video as Avatar.

Select Save to set the recorded video as Avatar

In addition, you can also choose To temporarily to customize the avatar video installation time: 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week or customize the time as you like.

Select To Temporarily

Choose the time to temporary.

Choose a time to temporarily

II. Instructions on How to Set a Video as an Avatar - Facebook Avatar on iOS Phones

1. Quick Guide

Go to your Facebook profile on your iOS phone, select your profile picture.
Tap Choose profile photo or video.
Select See more.
Select Camera Roll.
Select Videos.
Select the video you want to make your avatar.
Select Done.
Select Use to successfully set the video as avatar.

2. Detailed Instructions

Step 1: Go to your Facebook profile, select your profile picture.

Go to your Facebook profile on your iOS phone, select your profile picture

Step 2: Click Choose avatar photo or video.

Tap Choose a profile photo or video.

Step 3: Select See more.

Select See more

Step 4: Select the Camera Roll.

Select Camera Roll

Step 5: Select Video.

Select Video

Step 6: Select the video you want to make your avatar > Select Done.

Select the video you want to make your avatar

Step 7: Before choosing Use, you can choose to Edit to customize like:

Shorten video: customize the length of the video avatar.
Crop: Trim the length, width of the video.
Audio: Choose to turn on or off the video's built-in sound
Cover: Select 1 image in the video to make the avatar cover.

Use editing features before installing video avatar

Step 8: Select Use to successfully install the video as an avatar.

With just a few simple steps, you can install a video as a Facebook avatar to attract many friends on both Android and iOS phones. Hope this information is useful to you. Good luck!

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