How to Capture Apple Watch Screen and Add a Frame

apple-watch-capture-3Whether on a computer or on a mobile, screenshots are the order of the day. But can screenshots be made on the Apple Watch? Well, oddly enough, because it is such a small device, yes, it can. In this post we tell you how you can do them and how you can solve the problems that do not let you take screenshots in Apple Watch.

Take screenshots of Apple Watch

It is likely that this is one of the simplest and simplest functions that we can perform with an Apple Watch, but it is also the most useful sometimes and not everyone knows what to do. The first thing we should know, and that may be the reason why you don’t get the captures , is to have this functionality activated. To do this you must follow the following steps:

  1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Swipe until you find the option “Activate screenshots” , which must be activated.

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If your problem was that you know how to make captures, but these did not appear in your gallery, it is possible that this was the problem. What we are going to see next is how to make the screenshots on Apple Watch itself. For which you must simply press the side button and the digital crown at the same time . You will see at that moment how the screen flickers and even the typical screenshot sound is emitted.

Screenshots will be instantly saved in the iPhone gallery. In this way you can now share with your friends or on your social networks what your favorite sphere is, the activity data that you have registered or anything else you want to show and that is on your watch.

Add a frame to Apple Watch screenshots

There is a way in which we can embed an Apple Watch framework to capture. This is not a functionality that can be done natively, but if it is done with an app offered by Apple: Shortcuts, also known as Shortcuts by its name in English. Logically, it will be necessary to have this app installed. The shortcut as such is somewhat complex to configure, so we facilitate your complete download by clicking here .

First of all you must make sure you can install and use third-party shortcuts, for which you must go to Settings> Shortcuts and click on “Allow unreliable shortcuts”. Obviously our shortcut is safe, so we offer the guarantee that you will not introduce anything strange to your device.

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Once you have installed the shortcut you can select the capture of the Apple Watch in your gallery and by clicking on the “Share” button you will find the “Device Screenshots” option, which you must press and then tap on “Apple Watch”. The good thing about this shortcut is that it will also allow you to add a frame to iPhone and iPad screenshots so that they also look much nicer.

So, we hope that now you can take screenshots on your Apple Watch and that they also look exceptional thanks to the possibility of adding the frames through the shortcut we have shown.