You can use the open source video player VLC to make animated desktops from animated GIFs that are converted to a video format. You can use such a desktop to play a video that highlights milestones in ...

Live wallpapers are already a thing on mobile phones, and they look good. While they consume a little more power and resources, it is not a good idea to have them on your mobile. But laptops and ...

Stardock Deskcapes is perfect for people who want to create personalized active wallpapers. With this app, I can upload any ...

Put a goldfish on your desktop with this beautifully animated wallpaper. In our household we have a hard time keeping goldfish alive–infact, we just buried one last week. Instead of heading back to ...

The digital era that we’re in is all about doing things differently and ripping the rulebook. The phone personalization trend started years ago and is still growing as we speak. Whether it’s a phone ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for Game Rant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

Raul is a freelance writer with four years of writing and editing experience in games journalism. Currently, he is a News Writer at Game Rant and the Managing Editor of Final Weapon, a Japanese gaming ...

Sony’s updated its Welcome Back widget with two new animated backgrounds, based on a couple of 2025’s biggest games. The new animated wallpapers for Battlefield 6 and NBA 2K26 can be applied to the ...

As the user phantomofearth wrote on X, he has now found a comparable function in a settings dialogue of the latest developer/beta build (26x20.6690) of Windows 11. In a short video in X, he shows how ...