Screenshot in Microsoft Surface Duo

Microsoft Surface Duo

How to take screenshot or screen capture in a Surface Duo

An essential feature of modern mobile phones and tablets is the ability to take screenshots, or capture an image of what is currently displayed on the screen of your Microsoft Surface Duo.

While there are apps that can perform this function, you don't need to install any additional apps as it is already included in the Android 10 operating system.

When you take a screenshot, you can save a WhatsApp conversation, Tinder message, Instagram story, Facebook photo, or video frame in the memory of your Microsoft device.

On the contrary, if you want to record a video of what is shown on the screen of your Microsoft Surface Duo, for example to record a video call, a story or a web page or piece of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen from Microsoft Surface Duo

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Microsoft Surface Duo you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First, go to the screen that you want to capture a screenshot of on your Microsoft Surface Duo, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

2- Second step:

Simultaneously press the power key and the volume down key of your Microsoft Surface Duo. If you want to capture a video the procedure is the same but pressing the power key and the volume key up.

3- Third step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your tablet Microsoft Surface Duo.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen, it should have a photo icon, an instant photo or depending on the version of the software installed, your image gallery application may be Google Photos, in which case look for the icon of a four-pointed star made of paper with four colors, one for each point.

4- Fourth step:

Open the image gallery, the images and photos will appear sorted by date, click on the capture that you just made on your Surface Duo, and you will be able to edit it, trim it or send it to your contacts or through your preferred social network.

Video instructions

Screenshot without using the buttons on Surface Duo

If you cannot use the physical buttons of the Microsoft Surface Duo because they are broken or you do not want to use them because it is a problem for you to press both buttons at the same time to take the screenshot, there is an alternative so you can continue taking screenshots without the power and volume buttons that we tell you about below:

1- First step:

Go to the screen or application you want to capture the screen on your Microsoft.

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Microsoft Surface Duo. To do this, slide your finger down from the top of the screen, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

3- Third step:

Press the screenshot icon, if you don't see the icon, swipe down again to display the full panel.
If you can't see this icon, you may need to add it to the shortcuts panel.

4- Fourth step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your phone or tablet Microsoft.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen, it should have a photo icon, an instant photo or depending on the version of the software installed, your image gallery application may be Google Photos, in which case look for the icon of a four-pointed star made of paper with four colors, one for each point.

How to capture a full page in Microsoft Surface Duo?

To take a screenshot with scrolling on a web page, a WhatsApp conversation or any other application of your Microsoft Surface Duo take the screenshot with the method indicated above, when taking the screenshot the capture will appear and the screenshot menu for a few seconds at the bottom.

Before it disappears, click on the "Capture more" icon and an editing menu will appear where you can select up to what point on the screen you want to capture.

Once the capture is made, it will be saved in the Surface Duo image gallery and you can edit and share it on social networks.

About the device:

Microsoft Surface Duo is a tablet with dimensions of Unfolded: 186.9 x 145.2 x 4.8 mm Folded: 145.2 x 93.3 x 9.9 mm, a weight of 250 grams, a screen size of 8.1 inches, 195.4 cm2 (~144.2% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 1800 x 2700 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~401 ppi density).

It has a processor Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485), a graphics card Adreno 640, a RAM memory 6 GB and an internal memory of 128 GB / 256 GB.

The Microsoft Surface Duo comes from the factory with the Android 10 operating system.

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