How to Record Your Android Screen

Android's built-in screen recorder captures everything on your screen as a video — great for tutorials, saving video calls, or showing someone a problem.

In this guide (5 steps):

1.Open Quick Settings
2.Configure Recording Options
3.Start Recording
4.Stop the Recording
5.Share the Recording

Open Quick Settings

~19s

Swipe down from the top of your screen to open the notification shade. Swipe down again (or use two fingers) to expand Quick Settings — the grid of icons for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, flashlight, etc. Look for "Screen recorder" or "Screen record." If you don't see it, tap the pencil/edit icon to add it from your available tiles.

Configure Recording Options

~20s

Tap the Screen recorder icon. Before recording starts, a settings popup appears. Options: Sound (None = no audio, Media = captures phone sounds, Media & Mic = captures both phone sounds and your voice), and video quality settings on some phones. Choose your preferred settings. Most common: "Media & Mic" if you're narrating, or "Media" if you want just the phone sounds.

Start Recording

~24s

Tap "Start recording." A 3-second countdown begins. After the countdown, a red recording indicator appears (usually a timer in the status bar or a floating toolbar). Everything happening on your screen is now being recorded. Navigate through apps, demonstrate features, or do whatever you want to capture.

Quick Tip

On Samsung phones, a floating toolbar appears during recording with options to pause, draw on the screen, or add your face from the front camera as a picture-in-picture overlay.

Stop the Recording

~15s

To stop: tap the red timer/indicator in the status bar, or pull down the notification shade and tap "Stop recording." Some phones show a "Tap to stop recording" notification. The recording immediately saves to your Gallery or Photos app in a "Screen recordings" folder.

Share the Recording

~25s

Open your Gallery or Photos app. Find the recorded video (usually in a "Screen recordings" folder or at the top of your recent videos). Open it to preview. Tap the share icon to send via message, email, Google Drive, or any other app. Screen recording files can be large — for long recordings, consider compressing or trimming before sharing.

Warning

Be thoughtful about privacy. Screen recordings may capture personal information, messages, or payment details visible during recording. Review before sharing.

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Android phones have a built-in screen recorder that creates a video of everything happening on your screen. No third-party app needed — it's part of the operating system on Android 10 and newer.

Common uses for screen recording: creating a video tutorial to show someone how to do something on their phone, capturing part of a video call to save for later (note: always get consent from participants), demonstrating a bug or problem to share with tech support, saving a live stream or online video that can't be downloaded, or recording gameplay.

The recording captures exactly what appears on screen as a video file. By default, it also records audio from internal sound (what the phone plays) and optionally from the microphone (your voice or surrounding sounds). You choose these options before starting.

After recording, the video file is saved to your Gallery or Photos app and can be shared like any other video — by message, email, or cloud storage.

On Samsung Galaxy phones, the screen recorder is in the Quick Settings panel (swipe down from the top). On Google Pixel phones, it's also in Quick Settings. The exact name is "Screen recorder" or "Screen record" depending on the Android version.

One thing to know: screen recording does capture notifications that appear during recording. If you expect private notifications to appear (like message previews), turn on Do Not Disturb before recording. Also be aware that recording another person's content may raise copyright or privacy issues depending on the context.

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