Screenshot in Huawei nova 12 Pro

How to take a screenshot or screen capture on a nova 12 Pro

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 Huawei nova 12 Pro.

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 HarmonyOS 4.0 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 Huawei device.

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First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Huawei nova 12 Pro 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 Huawei nova 12 Pro, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

2- Second step:

Simultaneously press the power key and the volume down key of your Huawei nova 12 Pro.

At the beginning it may be difficult to press both buttons at the same time, usually the nova 12 Pro 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.

3- Third step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your mobile/cell phone Huawei nova 12 Pro.

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 nova 12 Pro, 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 nova 12 Pro

If you cannot use the physical buttons of the Huawei nova 12 Pro 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 Huawei.

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Huawei nova 12 Pro. 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 Huawei.

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 Huawei nova 12 Pro?

If you want to capture a complete web page in your Huawei nova 12 Pro first of all you should know that this method is not available natively on Android for the moment however Huawei has incorporated it into its EMUI customization layer.

To make a scroll screenshot of a web page, a WhatsApp conversation, or any other application on your Huawei nova 12 Pro, follow these steps:

1- Take a screenshot using the method indicated above. When taking the screenshot, the capture and screen capture menu will appear for a few seconds before disappearing.

2- Click on “Scrollshot” and wait while the screen scrolls, capturing all the content.

3- When you want to stop the screenshot, click on the screen. If the web page or application has a very long or infinite scroll, it can generate a very large image and block the system.

Once the capture is made, it will be saved in the nova 12 Pro image gallery and you can edit and share it on social networks.

About the device:

Huawei nova 12 Pro is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 163.1 x 75 x 7.7 mm (6.42 x 2.95 x 0.30 in), a weight of 201 grams, a screen size of 6.76 inches, 108.8 cm2 (~89.0% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 1224 x 2776 pixels (~449 ppi density).

It has a processor Octa-core (1x2.62 GHz Taishan Big & 3x2.15 GHz Taishan Mid & 4x1.53GHz Cortex-A510), a graphics card Maleoon 910 MP4 and an internal memory of 256 GB, 512 GB.

The Huawei nova 12 Pro comes from the factory with the HarmonyOS 4.0 operating system.

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