How do screenshot on droid

Every Android phone is different, and so is taking screenshots with them. Even though Android 4 introduced simple screenshots for all with the handy power-and-volume-down-key combo, nailing it can still be tricky. That's why some phone makers have introduced new methods. We're here to help: Just find your Android phone on the list below to learn the various ways to snap, share, and save a screenshot.

On supported phones, you can also ask Google Assistant to take a screenshot for you. When you're on the screen you want to snap, just say, "OK Google, take a screenshot," and it will oblige, saving a picture of the screen below the Assistant interface. So if you want to capture the Google Assistant screen itself, you'll have to use the hardware buttons. Once you've snapped your screenshot you can create a shortcut to it in the notification panel.

Tap it and you'll be able to edit or share it. If you want to back up your screenshots to Google Photos, you might need to tell your phone to do so. Open the sidebar in Google Photos, then Device Folder. From there on out, all of your screenshots will be backed up to your camera roll in Google Photos. If you happen to have a pre-Gingerbread Android 2. Back in those days, Google thought only developers would be interested in capturing Android screenshots, so you'll have to act like one.

Download and install the free Android SDK software development kit. Visit the site, and be sure to get the correct version for your OS. The software also requires Java. Mac OS X has the right tools already built in. Windows users should download the Java Development Kit. To complicate the issue, some Android phones have a few different methods that make it quick and painless to capture your screen, unlike newer iPhones , which have only one way to take a screenshot.

We'll share the standard method that should be available across all Android phones, as well as a breakdown of how to take screenshots on a Samsung or Motorola phone. Nearly every Android phone or tablet allows you to take a screenshot by briefly holding the volume down and power buttons.

Just press them at the same time for a brief moment and when you let go you'll hear a camera shutter sound, your screen will flash, and you'll see a thumbnail of your screenshot show up along the bottom of your screen. Some Android phones require a quick press, while others you'll need to hold the volume down and power buttons in for a brief second.

Getting the timing down can be tricky at first. Some phones, like the Pixel 4 XL , require you to press both buttons for about a second. Others, like the OnePlus 8 Pro , however, will only take a screenshot if you quickly press the buttons without holding them down at all. If you mistime the button presses, you'll find yourself staring at your phone waiting for it to do something, and yet nothing happens.

Or worse, you may get to the reboot screen, and not know how to get out just press the home button. You can use them to show your grandparent how to use a new app. Methods to take screenshots can differ depending on the version of Android your phone is running and also on who manufactured your phone.

In this case, we used a Pixel 3 phone to create screenshots using Android 12 and Android 11 and an original Pixel to create screenshots with Android You can also tap on the screenshot to get more options. But hurry — that corner version disappears in a few seconds. One really nice feature in Android 12 is the ability to take scrolling screenshots — in other words, to get more of the page than you immediately see on your screen. Unfortunately, the feature seems to be a bit limited so far: for example, I was able to take a scrolling screenshot of my Settings app, but it did not work in Chrome which is probably the place where most people would want one.

It can be handy. Update October 1st, , AM ET: This article was originally published on July 27th, , and has been updated to include directions for Android Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week. When you make a screenshot, you can send that WhatsApp conversation, Tinder, Instagram story, Facebook photo or video frame in the memory of your Motorola device. Press the power key simultaneously and the volume key down.

If you want to capture a video the procedure is the same but pressing the power key and the volume key up. Click on the capture that you just made on your DROID 4 XT, and you will be able to edit it, trim it or send it to your contacts or through your preferred social network.