Earth Live Wallpaper
Niki Debruin
Google worked with design agency B-Reel to create some unique wallpapers for its Pixel and Pixel XL flagships, and the end result is quite stunning. These "Live Earth" wallpapers, as they're called, combine Google Earth's high-def satellite imagery with a 3D parallax effect that changes perspective as you move between screens.
Once you've got the app installed, head to your home screen, then long-press any empty space and choose "Wallpapers." From there, if you're using the new Pixel Launcher, head to the "Live Wallpapers" section, then pick an image, and choose "Set wallpaper." If you're using the Google Now Launcher or any third-party home screen, simply scroll over on the bottom menu to find the new backgrounds.
Once you've set your new wallpaper, you'll quickly notice how different these Live Earth images truly are. When you unlock your phone, the background image shifts perspective downward, and when you move between home screens, your vantage point rotates along with it.
Aside from looking gorgeous, some of these Live Earth wallpapers add a bit of subtle functionality, too. The "Horizon" image goes from sunrise to sunset as your battery drains from 100% to zero, and the "Your World" wallpaper depicts a live view of the sun's position at your location, while overlaying current radar imagery of the clouds.
Turning on Precise Location does not work. A few hours later, you'll find the issue is still present. It has nothing to do with location. Right now it's day time, and when I unlock the screen, the globe behind my apps initially has the right daylight, but then quickly reverts to night. It's not a location bug. The only quick fix is changing wallpapers and changing back, but of course you need to do this every few hours.
To get the wallpapers, users must download and install APK files to their devices at the link below. Make sure you learn how to sideload apps on Android first. Once you have those steps down, click on the download button below to get the APK files.
Once installed you can set the app to run as a cron job every 10 minutes (in the background, naturally) so that it can fetch and set a realtime picture of Earth as your desktop wallpaper.
Dynamic Earth Live Wallpaper is a free personalization app by UvarovBoris that provides a beautiful and dynamic wallpaper for your Android device. With this app, you can enjoy a stunning rotated Earth and stars, a shining atmosphere and sky, clouds, and Night City Lights.
One of the best things about this app is its smooth alternation of day and night, which adds to the overall realistic feel of the wallpaper. Additionally, the high definition textures of the Earth and clouds make for an even more immersive experience.
To set up this wallpaper on your device, simply use the icon of the app on your desktop. Tap the icon, then tap the "Setup Wallpaper" button. From there, you can preview and change the settings of the wallpaper before setting it as your device's wallpaper.
As far as I know, only NASA (since you asked for the agency) through its High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) Experiment gives the live coverage of the Earth from the ISS. It might not be up for all the time and they sometimes switch to previously recorded videos in case of technical problems but this is only source I know available in the public domain.
It could be watched either on YouTube or Ustream (as advertised on the NASA page). My preferred way is ISS Live Now app (look for Camera HD). There are couple of caveats though, one is the footage might not be that sharp to be used as wallpaper. Also, sometimes you might see the visiting spacecrafts docked to the station (Soyuz, Dragon, Cygnus, etc.)
All other sources claiming to give the live view basically points to the same stream. Besides, a quick Google search yielded this website which posts the high resolution satellite pictures in near real time. It also has current location feature which might be useful for your application.
As long as I'm on a kick with live wallpapers, I figured I should show you guys one of the biggest and best, Earth Live Wallpaper. And trust me, I know what you're thinking. "Live wallpaper, again?" Trust me, you'll like it.
Earth Live Wallpaper is a pretty stock live wallpaper. You've got our beautiful blue home planet set against a backdrop of stars, and there's even the moon orbiting, to boot. Water is blue, clouds are white, and all is well with the wallpaper.
Then you open up the settings menu and realize this is an incredibly full-featured wallpaper that has absolutely no intention of limiting you to just Earth, and also simultaneously proves the developer has a great sense of humor.
In terms of performance, I didn't notice any hiccups regardless of skin I'd chosen, so if you want to get your geek on live wallpaper-style, I'd seriously suggest this as one way to do it. Earth Live Wallpaper is free, so nothing lost if you change your mind, but it's still fun, even for a little while.
MoeWalls enables you to use live wallpapers on your desktop PC. Including 3D and 2D animations. MoeWalls is the ultimate software to add live wallpapers to your computer! From videos to real time graphics and interactive or audio responsive wallpapers, MoeWalls brings your desktop alive while taking care to not reduce the performance of games or maximized applications. We provides wallpaper engine for free.
Xiaomi just released the beta 2 update for their latest firmware called MIUI 12. The MIUI 12 ROM update brings stability to various functions of the system like Dark Mode 2.0, enhanced privacy settings, gesture navigation, animations, and even the latest MIUI 12 Home Launcher. The most intriguing part about the MIUI 12 are the Super Wallpapers APK. Here are the updated MIUI 12 wallpapers including stock, live, and super wallpapers available for download. It is like next level Google Earth Wallpaper.
Here are a total of 29 new wallpapers in high resolution of 2340 x 1080. The stock wallpapers are divided into 6 categories including Natural Texture, Geometry, Dynamic Nebula, Minimalist Scenery, Black & White, and Mars.
Here are all the new super wallpapers from MIUI 12. Super Wallpaper Earth and Super Wallpaper Mars have been extracted from the updated MIUI 12 beta 2 including a new live wallpaper APK from the latest firmware release. The live wallpapers may only work on a Xiaomi, Redmi, or POCO devices running MIUI 11. But supported Android phones can try the following methods.
The Super Earth and Super Mars live wallpapers from MIUI 12 ROM has now been ported for other Android devices running Android 10, 9 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, or earlier. Download the zip file from below, extract it to get APKs from the link below and install them on your devices. You can either use the stock wallpaper picker on your Android device or use the Google Wallpaper app from Play Store. Select it and to apply the wallpapers! Use the following tutorial for that.
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