The Compatible version

A version of AbsentMotion for phones with Android 8 to 12, and what it leaves out.

Who it is for

The Compatible version is made for phones that run Android 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 and cannot be updated to Android 13. The Latest version needs Android 13 or newer. Phones with Android 7 or older cannot run either version.

You can find your Android version in Settings, About phone, Android version.

What it leaves out

• Optical flow High. Frame Interpolation and Smooth offer Optical flow at Low and Medium; High needs more graphics power than most phones from the Android 8 to 12 years have.
• AI Smooth and AI Enhance. The AI models need a newer graphics chip and would take many minutes, often hours, per clip on these phones.
• AI background removal 2.0. Its model needs more memory and a faster chip than most phones from these years have. Removing backgrounds still works, with the Standard cut-out.

Everything else works the same way as in the Latest version: the editor, every effect, keyframes, text, shapes, the camera, captions, background removal, noise reduction, text to speech, frame blending, optical flow Low and Medium, motion blur, Smooth on a clip, and export to video, GIF and images.

In the app, a feature that the Compatible version leaves out is shown grayed out with a note that it needs Android 13.

Small differences

• Language. Android 13 added a per-app language setting. On older Android the app keeps its own language choice in Settings instead.
• HDR videos. Below Android 12 the phone cannot convert HDR videos for editing, so they can look pale or washed out.
• Phones with 2 GB of memory or less get a one-time note that big projects may be slow.

How to install it

Open the download page on your phone. A phone with Android 8 to 12 is offered the Compatible file automatically. You can also pick it from the list of all downloads.

Same requirements as the Latest version

The phone still needs Vulkan 1.1 or OpenGL ES 3.0. Phones with a 32-bit system, often sold as Android Go edition, use the Compatible 32-bit file, which has the same features. See Requirements and versions.