Facebook to introduce the video profile

Facebook has announced it is to introduce new profile videos to replace the static profile picture.

Facebook starts letting you add a 7-second looping video as a profile pic http://t.co/pFgG7tWqcspic.twitter.com/n4fEcSlY5T

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) October 1, 2015

Anyone who can see a profile on Facebook will be able to see the new video.

The vid can act as a video update to show what a user is up to or lend support to a particular cause.