All of us take screenshots on a regular basis; be it on our smartphones or computers, screenshots have become really easy to take.
More often than not, you just have to press a button or two to capture a screenshot on whatever device you’re using.
Depending on what you’re taking a screenshot of, you may want to save it for yourself or share it with someone else. You may even want to highlight something in the screenshot.
For this exact reason, brands have added the extra ability to annotate screenshots before saving or sharing them. Another such functionality that’s quite popular is scrolling screenshots.
If you’re trying to capture a webpage or an app feed where you need to scroll vertically, a scrolling screenshot can be helpful to capture the entire content on the page while maintaining continuity. It eliminates the need to capture multiple different screenshots.
As a result, most Android OEMs have added the ability to take scrolling screenshots on their custom UIs, from cheap and affordable phones to the best Android flagships.
We’ll tell you how you can make use of this handy tool to take scrolling screenshots and capture more content in a single frame.
How to take scrolling screenshots on Android 12
Google is quite stingy with regard to adding new features into Android. Even built-in screen recording was only added to stock Android with Android 11 and until then, users had to use a third-party solution.
With screenshots, the options you currently get with Android 11 are barebones. While you can annotate and share screenshots, there’s no built-in option to take scrolling screenshots. Well, Android 12 fixes that.
With Android 12, Google has introduced the ability to take scrolling screenshots by default and it’s an option that shows alongside the Share and Edit options in the screenshot menu after you’ve captured a screenshot.
The new Capture More button allows you to natively take scrolling screenshots on phones running on stock Android or your Google Pixel smartphones.
If you’re using the Android 12 Beta 3 on your phone or if the public release is already out for everyone by the time you’re reading this, here’s how to take scrolling screenshots on Android 12.
- Use the usual button combination (Power + Volume down) to capture a screenshot.
- You’ll now see an option called Capture More next to the thumbnail of the screenshot you captured.
- Select it and the content on your screen will start scrolling down. Once you’ve reached the desired point, touch the screen to stop capturing.
- You can now annotate, save, or share the screenshot.
How to take scrolling screenshots on Samsung phones
If you have a Samsung Galaxy phone, OneUI comes with a built-in tool to help you take scrolling screenshots. Here’s how you can use it.
- Use the usual button combination (Power + Volume down) to capture a screenshot.
- You’ll now see a bar at the bottom of your screen with multiple options. Among the options is a button with two downward arrows. Tap on it.
- The content on your screen will start scrolling down. Tap and hold the double-arrow icon till you reach the desired point. Once you’ve reached the end, let go of the icon.
- That’s it, your scrolling screenshot is now captured.
How to take scrolling screenshots using a Third-party App
In case your phone doesn’t support any of the above, the chances are your phone may not have a built-in option to take scrolling screenshots.
In such cases, you can use a third-party app like LongShot to take scrolling screenshots on any Android smartphone. It works as advertised and is simple to use. Here’s how to use it.
- Install the LongShot app from the Play Store and open it.
- Grant all the necessary permissions like the ability to display over other apps.
- Next, select the Auto-scroll checkbox under the Capture Screenshot section
- Now, tap the big blue camera icon and when prompted to allow recording, select Start now.
- You’ll see an overlay on your screen with a Start button.
- Open the app in which you want to capture a scrolling screenshot and select Start.
- The app will start capturing the scrolling screenshot. Once you’ve reached the desired point, tap anywhere above the red line to stop capturing further.
- Tap on Save and you’re done.