How to Take a Screenshot on Your Smartwatch: Step-by-Step Guide

September 9, 2024 Matt Mills How to 0

To capture the screenshots on a smartwatch, it is quite helpful sometimes to save a notification or health information or even share something from the watch. Below, we explain how to do this for Wear OS and watchOS as the operating systems on your smartwatch may differ. In this guide, we will show you how to capture a screenshot of the smartwatch screen regardless of the type of watch that you are using.

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Wear OS (Android): Taking a Screenshot – A Beginners Guide

For Wear OS devices like those from Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO, or TicWatch, there are multiple ways to capture your screen:For Wear OS devices like those from Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO, or TicWatch, there are multiple ways to capture your screen:

1. Using the Wear OS App on Your Phone:Using the Wear OS App on Your Phone:

  1. First off, you have to launch the Wear OS application on your phone.
  2. Click on the three lines on the right top part of the screen.
  3. Go to “Capture screen on watch” (Make sure that Developer Options are enabled).

2. Directly from the Smartwatch:

  1. First, go to the settings and then look for the power button of the watch.
  2. On the menu, choose “Screenshot.
  3. It will then be saved in your gallery and the image will be transferred to your phone via Bluetooth.

3. Through the Wear OS App (Sync Required):Through the Wear OS App (Sync Required):

  1. Step 1: Wear OS is an application on your phone and to access it, open the application.
    Make sure that the watch is connected with the phone.
  2. Select “Take a picture of the clock. ”

Apple Watch (watchOS): A Step by Step Guide to Taking a Screenshot

For Apple Watch users, capturing the screen is simple:For Apple Watch users, capturing the screen is simple:

Steps to Enable and Capture a Screenshot:Steps to Enable and Capture a Screenshot:

  1. Tap the Apple Watch which is located at the bottom of the screen to reveal the settings.
  2. Go to the General and then turn on Screenshots.
  3. In order to capture the screen, you have to press the Digital Crown and the Side Button at the same time.
  4. After the screenshot has been taken it will be automatically saved in the Photos app under the Screenshots folder. Here, there is no need for a companion app and that makes it easier and faster than using Wear OS.

Conclusion

If you are an owner of a Wear OS or watchOS smartwatch it may be useful to know how to take a screenshot on it. Below are the measures to follow depending with the device you are using to gather and share important information without much struggle.