Record the Screen

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Record the Screen

Capture action onscreen to create sharable videos, to show off your gaming skills, compose tutorials, and do so much more.

Use a Key Combination to Start Screen Recording

Press and hold the Power and Volume up buttons simultaneously to start screen recording. To stop recording, press and hold both buttons again.

Use a Shortcut to Start Screen Recording

  1. Swipe down from the upper right edge of the screen to display Control Panel, touch to expand the shortcut switches panel (depending on your device model), and touch Screen Recorder to start screen recording.

  2. To stop the recording, touch the timer at the top of the screen.

  3. The recording will be saved in Gallery.

Use Two Knuckles to Start Screen Recording

  1. Before using knuckle gestures, use either of the following methods to enable this feature (depending on your device model):

    • Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Record screen , and enable Record screen.

    • Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Motion control > Take screenshot , and enable Smart screenshot.

  2. Knock the screen twice in quick succession with two knuckles to start a screen recording. To stop recording, knock twice as before.



The figures are for reference only.

Record Your Voice During Screen Recording

Touch the microphone icon to enable or disable the microphone while recording the screen.

  • When the microphone is enabled (i.e. it is displayed as ), you can record your voice while recording the screen.

  • When the microphone is disabled (i.e. it is displayed as ) you'll only be able to record system sounds, such as audio and video playback.

Show or Hide Touches During Screen Recordings

While recording your screen, you can choose whether or not you would like to show touches.

Touch next to the red timer at the top of the screen, and enable or disable Show touches, during the recording.

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