Screenshot in Honor Watch 5

How to take a screenshot or screen capture on a Watch 5

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 Honor Watch 5.

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 MagicOS 8 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 Honor device.

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Honor Watch 5 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 Honor Watch 5, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

Home screen

2- Second step:

Simultaneously press the power key and the volume down key of your Honor Watch 5.

At the beginning it may be difficult to press both buttons at the same time, usually the Watch 5 turns off or turns down the volume if you do not press both buttons at the same time, if after several attempts you find it too difficult you can try the option of capturing the screen without using the buttons described below.

Screenshot in Honor Watch 5

3- Third step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your mobile/cell phone Honor Watch 5.

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.

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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 Watch 5, and you will be able to edit it, trim it or send it to your contacts or through your preferred social network.

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Video instructions

Screenshot without using the buttons on Watch 5

If you cannot use the physical buttons of the Honor Watch 5 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 Honor.

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Honor Watch 5. To do this, slide your finger down from the top of the screen, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

Open Android quick panel

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.

Watch 5 screenshot icon

4- Fourth step:

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

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 Honor Watch 5?

To take a screenshot with scrolling on a web page, a WhatsApp conversation or any other application of your Honor Watch 5 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 Watch 5 image gallery and you can edit and share it on social networks.

Scrollshot in Watch 5

About the device:

Honor Watch 5 is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 45.6 x 39.4 x 11 mm (1.80 x 1.55 x 0.43 in), a weight of 35 grams, a screen size of 1.85 inches and a screen resolution of 390 x 450 pixels (~322 ppi density).

It has a processor and an internal memory of 4 GB.

The Honor Watch 5 comes from the factory with the MagicOS 8 operating system.

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