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Google is adding a native screen recorder to Chrome OS
Say goodbye to watermarks, limited recordings, and low-resolution captures

Kent Duke Kent Duke
Google is adding a native screen recorder to Chrome OS

Let's be honest: searching for a decent screen recorder for your Chromebook sucks. Most "free" screen capture software found online requires you to pay an expensive subscription to unlock essential features, like unlimited and high resolution video recordings. Although a video capture card will give you full control, like the ability to record using your Chromebook's native resolution, not everyone wants to invest in a costly desktop computer. The developers at Google seem to have realized that people don't want to pay a subscription to get decent screen recordings, so they finally decided to add a native solution to Chrome OS.

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Android 11 won't have scrolling screenshots after all
Google wants to make the feature a framework that other apps can use

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Android 11 won't have scrolling screenshots after all

One feature that is now extremely common on Android devices is scrolling screenshots, where the phone will scroll through content automatically to create a super-tall image. However, the functionality has yet to appear in stock Android (or Pixel phones), and Google confirmed today that it won't be ready in time for Android 11.

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How to take a screenshot in Android when an app doesn't want you to
Updated with two new methods — one of them's non-root

Jules Wang Jules Wang
How to take a screenshot in Android when an app doesn't want you to

This story was originally published and last updated . 

Android may be a wide-open world compared to iOS, but there are still some things you just can't do on Google's mobile platform. One of them is capturing screenshots within apps that prohibit the act — either because the screen contains sensitive information or content protected by digital rights management. Lucky, then, that we have a trick up our sleeve called rooting! Yes, even in 2020, it still has utility for the people who need it the most. So, if you'd like to grab a freezeframe to meme up or spoil a drama series or keep some backup passcodes where you can easily pull them out, we've got a way (or three) to do that.

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Android 11 Dev Preview 3 adds share and screenshot buttons to the app switcher

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Android 11 Dev Preview 3 adds share and screenshot buttons to the app switcher

Screenshots are becoming a lot more convenient with Android R. While Google is already planning to implement scrolling screenshot support in the OS update (which, granted, many other OEMs have already done), there's yet another way in Android 11 to share an app's content.

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How to save screenshots as PNG on Samsung Galaxy phones

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
How to save screenshots as PNG on Samsung Galaxy phones

Samsung's custom version of Android, One UI, includes plenty of great features and changes. However, there are also some parts of One UI that are just strange — like how screenshots are saved in the compressed JPEG format, instead of the default PNG format that stock Android uses. Sure, it saves a small bit of storage space, but the images usually look terrible once they are shared.

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Chrome for Android might soon get its own screenshot editor

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Chrome for Android might soon get its own screenshot editor

Screenshot editing made it into stock Android relatively late as it only recently arrived with Android 9. To make up for this oversight, Google seems to be determined to add isolated solutions to as many of its apps as possible and has already equipped Google Photos and Search with their own markup tools. It looks like Chrome is poised to follow as evidence points to yet another screenshot editor, this time meant for the Android version of the browser.

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The Google app's built-in screenshot editing feature just received an upgraded UI

Zach Laidlaw Zach Laidlaw
The Google app's built-in screenshot editing feature just received an upgraded UI

All screenshots aren't created equal, specifically if you snap images directly within the Google application. In February 2018, we discovered that an in-app photo editor had been included in a beta build of the Google search app. After a year and a half of silence regarding its development, this built-in editing feature is showing new signs of life with a revamped UI, rolling out now to the stable version of the Google app.

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ScreenshotGo from Mozilla helps you sort the mess of your screenshots and search them by text

Rita El Khoury Rita El Khoury
ScreenshotGo from Mozilla helps you sort the mess of your screenshots and search them by text

We all associate the name Mozilla with Firefox and web browsing, but the company has been spreading its wings lately and releasing different kinds of tools. First there was Notes by Firefox, then Lockbox the password manager, followed closely by Firefox Send which shares encrypted files privately. The company now has another tool in beta and, although it has "Firefox" in its name, it's essentially an independent screenshot management tool.

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How to back up screenshots in Google Photos

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
How to back up screenshots in Google Photos

Google Photos is great for backing up your favorite memories, from pictures of a vacation to videos of your pets. Screenshots can be just as important as photos and videos, whether they be snapshots of a Minecraft world you built with a friend or a funny conversation in WhatsApp. Thankfully, it's incredibly easy to tell Google Photos to back up your screenshots folder, and we'll show you how.

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Android Q Beta 3 breaks screenshot saving and sharing for some users

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Android Q Beta 3 breaks screenshot saving and sharing for some users

Android Q Beta 3 has hit our devices only a couple of days ago, but so far, it turns out to be the buggiest preview release of the latest OS version yet. We're experiencing mobile-network-breaking eSIM trouble, some Google Pay problems, and some issues related to the new gesture navigation. Now, another bug has surfaced that affects screenshot sharing and saving.

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