You can take a picture (screenshot) or record a video of your phone's screen. After you capture your screen, you can view, edit, and share the image or video. Take a scrolling screenshotImportant: These steps work on phones running Android 12 and up, on most screens that allow you to scroll.
Find, share & edit your screenshotTip: If you don't have the Photos app, you're likely running an older Android version. Open your phone's Gallery app and tap Album view Record your phone screenFind screen recordingsRelated resources
Was this helpful? How can we improve it? Whether you're trying to save a bit of information for later or want to share something you came across, it's hard to find a more useful feature on our smartphone these days than the ability to take a screenshot. Thankfully, most Android manufacturers have standardized this process, so learning how to take a screenshot on a Samsung Galaxy phone should be a piece of cake. Don't believe me? I'll show you how below. How to take a screenshot on a Samsung Galaxy S or Note phoneThere are a bunch of ways to take a screenshot with a Samsung phone; one is pretty obvious and the other two ways... a little less so. We'll walk you through all three of these methods below. Note: These methods apply to most Samsung Galaxy smartphones, including the Galaxy S and now-defunct Note lines, along with most modern Galaxy A models from the last four years. If your phone is over four years old, it may only support the below key combination screenshot method, and not the other two. How to screenshot on a Samsung phone using a key combinationLike most Android smartphones, taking a quick screenshot on a Samsung phone combines the power button and the volume button in a quick gesture that may take some getting used to. But once you've mastered it, you'll never miss it again.
How to screenshot on a Samsung phone using a palm swipe
How to screenshot on a Samsung phone using Bixby VoiceBixby Voice can be used to take a screenshot if you're unable to grab your phone to use the buttons or palm swipe.
No matter how you start your screenshot, after capturing you'll see a set of options at the bottom of the screen, including "screen capture." This button — on the left side, a box with down-facing arrows in it — makes the phone scroll through the content on the screen and take multiple screenshots, which are then stitched together into one tall screenshot showing everything together. This is super useful for capturing a full webpage, a set of turn-by-turn directions, or a long restaurant menu. While Samsung phones have had this feature for years, Google started rolling it out natively on Android 12. Just tap the scroll capture button as many times as you need — it will also stop automatically once you've reached the bottom of the screen. And as soon as you're done you can share, edit, or save the screenshot just like any other. To save a bit of tapping, you can also hold down on the scrolling button to capture an entire document or page in one fell swoop. To access your screenshots for later, head to the Samsung Gallery app, which is found inside your launcher's app drawer. Screenshots are saved in the main camera roll, but you can also head to the Album tab and find all of your screenshots in one place inside the Screenshot album. Happy annotating! Our top equipment picksIf you aren't already using one of the best Android phones, there's no better time than today for an upgrade. The Samsung Galaxy S22+ comes with a stellar set of cameras, and delivers consistently smooth performance. With four years of major platform updates and five years of security updates promised, you'll enjoy this absolute unit for years to come. Perfect balance The Samsung Galaxy S22+ has a lot of the things that you'd want from the more expensive Galaxy S22 Ultra model. You get a gorgeous 120Hz display, a powerful 4nm process octa-core processor, excellent cameras, and a (slightly) more pocket-friendly phone for hundreds less. Jeramy is proud to help *Keep Austin Weird* and loves hiking in the hill country of central Texas with a breakfast taco in each hand. When he's not writing about smart home gadgets and wearables, he's defending his relationship with his smart voice assistants to his family. You can follow him on Twitter at @jeramyutgw. |