Screenshot in Apple Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen)

How to take screenshot or screen capture in an Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen)

An essential functionality today in a wearable or smartwatch is the possibility of taking screenshots, that is, to record in a still image what appears on the screen at that precise moment on your Apple Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen).

By taking a screenshot you can send by messaging, upload to a social network or save in the memory of your Apple device that achievement that you have obtained with your Apple Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen), that message that you have received, health data or anything else that appears on the screen.

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First of all we go to the application or screen to which you want to take the screen capture of your Apple Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen), be it the health app, achievements, chat, stopwatch, etc.

How to take screenshot or screen capture in an Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen)

2- Second step:

On your iPhone linked to the Apple Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen), find the “Watch” application and press to open it. When you configure the Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen) for the first time this application is automatically installed on your iPhone.

Watch iPhone App

3- Third step:

If you have several watches configured select the Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen) and scroll down until you find the “General” section, press to access.

General app Watch iPhone

4- Fourth step:

Scroll down through the general settings of the Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen) until you find the section “Enable screenshots”, if it is deactivated press to activate it. Once active you will not have to perform these first steps again, you can go to the next step directly.

Enable Apple Watch screenshots

5- Fifth step:

Return to the smartwatch. Press the side button and the “Digital Crown” wheel at the same time to take the screenshot and release both buttons at the same time. You will see a flash on the Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen) screen and a sound will play indicating that the screen capture has been taken correctly.

Screenshot Apple Watch

6- Sixth step:

The image captured from your Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen) will be stored in the linked iPhone, if you have selected the recent folder as shared with the Apple Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen) it will also appear in the Photos application of the smartwatch.

Photos app iPhone Watch

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About the device:

Apple Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen) is a watch / smartwatch / bracelet with dimensions of 42 x 35.9 x 10.5 mm (1.65 x 1.41 x 0.41 in), a weight of 69 grams, , a screen size of 1.65 inches, 8.6 cm2 (~56.8% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 390 x 312 pixels (~303 ppi density).

It has a processor 520 MHz Cortex-A7, a graphics card PowerVR SGX543, a RAM memory 512 MB and an internal memory of 8 GB.

The Apple Watch Edition 42mm (1st gen) comes from the factory with the watchOS 1.0, upgradable to 4.3.2 operating system.

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