There are 2 dissimilar ways to direct maintain screenshots on most Samsung Milky Way phones, depending on which model you're using. Let's intermission it down.
How to Take Screenshots on the Milky Way S8 as well as S9
There are a few dissimilar ways to direct maintain screenshots on the S8 as well as S9, as well as multiple options inside those ways. It tin seem a lilliputian combat overwhelming, but it's all actually simple.
How to Take Screenshots alongside the Hardware Buttons
If you lot utilisation a modern Milky Way telephone similar the S8 or S9, you're inwards luck. Taking screenshots is equally unproblematic equally it is on most other Android phones: press the Volume Down as well as Power buttons at the same time. Hold them for close one-half a second, thus release.
Thanks to the push clitoris layout (volume on i side, ability on the other), it's incredibly slow to direct maintain screenshots alongside i hand. This is an fantabulous push clitoris layout if you lot direct maintain a lot of screenshots.
How to Take Screenshots alongside a Palm Gesture
But there's also a instant selection here: exactly slide the side of your mitt across the display. Seriously—give it a shot. It industrial plant on whatever screen, except if the onscreen keyboard is showing. This is called "Palm swipe to capture" as well as is unique to modern Samsung phones.
You tin disable this characteristic inwards Settings > Advanced Features > Palm Swipe to Capture if you lot don't similar it.
How to Take Selective Screenshots or Capture GIFs
If you lot direct maintain payoff of Samsung's Edge Panels, you lot tin utilisation a ready of tools inwards the Smart Select panel to produce to a greater extent than or less pretty cool materials alongside screenshots, similar capture specific parts of the enshroud inwards rectangular or oval shapes, capture a GIF, or fifty-fifty pivot operate of an icon to the enshroud equally an overlay for quick reference.
To enable this feature, throttle into Settings > Display > Edge Screen > Edge Panels, as well as brand certain "Smart Select" is turned on. From there, exactly swipe inwards from the correct side of the display to opened upwards the Edge Panel.
With the Smart Select panel open, but tap the capture selection you'd similar to use, as well as thus follow the on-screen instructions. Easy peasy.
How to Take Screenshots on the Milky Way S7 (and Older)
Since Samsung used a dedicated physical dwelling push clitoris on all its phones prior to the S8, the method for taking screenshots is slightly dissimilar on those. Instead of using Volume Down as well as Power, you'll utilisation the Power as well as Home buttons. Press both as well as concur for close one-half a second.
The S7 also features the "Palm Gesture" tool discussed inwards a higher house inwards the S8/S9 section.
Other Screenshot Tools on Milky Way Devices
When you lot direct maintain a screenshot, it appears equally a brief overlay on plow over of the electrical current screen, letting you lot know that the shot was direct maintain successfully. The Smart Capture tool also shows upwards at the bottom of the screen.
There are to a greater extent than or less actually cool features bundled alongside the Smart Capture tool, similar the selection to direct maintain a "scrolling screenshot" that scroll through the enshroud as well as captures everything (not exactly what you lot see), a depict tool to annotate, a crop tool to speedily cutting out irrelevant parts of the shot, as well as a shortcut for sharing the shot immediately.
If you lot don't similar the Smart Capture tool, you lot tin disable it yesteryear heading to Settings > Advanced Features > Smart Capture.
Where to Find Your Screenshots
By default, all screenshots are saved inwards the DCIM > Screenshots folder, but in that place are a few ways to access your shot.
If you lot exactly took the screenshot, swipe downwards on the navigate bar as well as you'll run into notification close the screenshot. Tap it for quick access to the image. You also tin share, edit, or delete your screenshot direct from this notification.
If you lot direct maintain multiple apps installed that tin opened upwards images, the app picker volition exhibit upwards when you lot tap a screenshot notification.
Otherwise, you lot tin opened upwards the Gallery or Photos apps to run into all of your screenshots—they'll move there, forepart as well as middle on the primary page of the app.
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