Well, lets hope your folks are better visual learners.
Its easy to screen record on bothiOSand Android and now your ad-hoc how-tos can be clearer.
How to Screen Record on iPhone
iOS makes screenshotting and screen recording a breeze.
Is this a screen recording of a video of a phone screen recording a video of a screen recording? You bet it is.Gif: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo
To fire up the screen recording function, you first go into controls and tap Control Center.
Scroll down under More Controls until you find the Screen Recorder function.
Hit the plus sign to bring it to Included Controls.
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This will allow you to jump into the screen recording function from your Control Center quickly.
You access these functions by swiping down from the top right corner of your phone.
You should now see the screen recorder button as a small bullseye-like symbol there.
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Any of these screen recordings will now show up in your Photos gallery.
This should work for most mainline Android phones like Google Pixel or Samsung devices.
you might also capture what Google calls a scrolling screenshot.
Android screen recording should be available to all phones running thelatest OS version 14.
Swipe down from the top of the screen to get the menu.
Then, under common functions like Flashlight and Mute, theres the button for Screen recorder.
This then gives you the option to record media as well as any audio from the phones mic.
This is especially handy when you want to walk somebody through what youre seeing step by step.
Android also allows you to annotate what youre seeing on screen with a simple pen tool.
Any screen recording gets saved to your Photos app for easy perusal and sharing.
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