Sony Xperia Z1 - Recording your screen

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Recording your screen

You can use the screen recording feature to capture videos of what’s happening on your

device’s screen. This feature is useful, for example, when you want to create tutorials or

record videos of you playing a game on your device. Recorded video clips are

automatically saved in Album.

1

Minimize/resume the record screen window

2

Record your screen

3

Record your screen when the front camera is activated

4

Access the screen recording settings

5

Close the screen recording window

To record your screen

1

Press and hold down the power key until a prompt window appears.

2

Tap .

3

After the screen recording window opens, tap . The record screen function

starts and a timer button is displayed.

4

To stop the recording, tap the timer button, then tap .

To record your screen when the front camera is activated

1

When the screen recording window opens, tap . A window opens showing a

viewfinder for the front camera.

2

To start recording your screen and video captured by the front camera, tap .

3

To stop recording, tap the timer button, then tap .

4

To close the front camera viewfinder window, tap .

To record a still photo using the front camera while you are recording the screen, drag in

the mini viewfinder to expand the view and then tap .

To view recent screen recordings

Drag the status bar downward, then tap to view the most recent recordings of

your screen.

You can also view your screen recordings in the Album application.