If you use the iPhone feature called Live photos or the Android motion photo, you know that you get a few seconds of video along with your photo. Now Google Photos allows you to see that video portion frame by frame and pick the best frame to be a new still photo.
Instead of taking burst shots of your grandson playing basketball, you can just take one shot – a motion shot – then pick the frame where the ball goes through the hoop!
This is great for photos of people where they may be caught blinking, and their eyes closed. You can find a frame from the video portion where all eyes are open.
This video starts by showing you how to take a live photo in iOS or motion photo in Samsung, then shows how to pick the desired frame: