Livo guide

20 topics · Last updated 7 October 2026

How to use Livo, one topic at a time. The same pages are inside the app.

• Getting startedThe seven steps on Livo's Getting Started sheet, and what each one does.
• Where things areThe Gallery, Memory Lane, the Vault, the book (Organize) and Search, in one page.
• Bringing in your photosImport from your Camera Roll or OneDrive, what Livo keeps, and what the + badge means.
• Moments and the GalleryBrowsing by Moment, All Moments, Marked photos, and what the selection row does.
• Finding photosThe Filter and Livo Search — the two ways to find photos by who, where, when and what.
• Naming the facesHow Livo helps you name everyone in a Moment, quickly and by hand.
• Describing a MomentGiving a Moment its story, tags and place in one go, and editing a single photo's details.
• People, Places, Life Events and BucketsThe lists behind your photos, and the one hidden place.
• Making a MemoryTurning marked photos into a Memory with a story and your voice, and sharing it as a video.
• Memory LaneWhere your Memories live, Live and Sealed, and what the Share menu offers.
• Time Capsules and the VaultSealing a Memory into a Time Capsule, what is inside one, and how anyone can open it — with or without Livo.
• Keeping capsules safeHow the Vault keeps at least two copies of every Time Capsule, checks them, and tells you while a problem can still be fixed.
• Sending to someoneSending a Time Capsule to one person, and what happens when you receive one.
• Family ShareSharing Memories, photos and capsules with your whole family through your own OneDrive, and seeing what they share with you.
• Scan PrintsBringing printed photos into Livo with the camera, a box at a time, with the words on them read for search.
• Backup & RestoreWhat a backup holds, where it goes, and how to restore onto this phone or a new one.
• OneDrive and your accountsSigning in, what "Needs sign-in" means, and the folders Livo keeps in your OneDrive.
• Trash, and what Livo never deletesThe two steps of deleting, what Empty Trash really removes, and the things Livo will never touch.
• Settings, your look, and Livo FullYour name, the three palettes, how stories are shown, About, and the one-time purchase.
• When something looks wrongWhat the captions mean, finding a photo that is not on this phone, Activity, and how to reach us.