Screenshot in Nvidia Shield

How to take a screenshot or screen capture on a Shield

One essential feature of modern smartphones is the ability to take screenshots, capturing an image of what is currently displayed on your Nvidia Shield's screen.

Although there are apps for this function, you don’t need to install any additional ones, as it’s already built into the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)| upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) operating system.

Taking a screenshot allows you to save a WhatsApp conversation, a Tinder message, an Instagram story, a Facebook photo, or a video frame directly to your Nvidia device's memory.

If, on the other hand, you want to record a video of your Shield's screen, such as a video call, a story, a web page, or part of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen on Shield

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Nvidia Shield 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 Nvidia Shield, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

2- Second step:

Simultaneously press the power key and the volume down key of your Nvidia Shield

3- Third step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your mobile/cell phone Nvidia Shield.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen. It typically has a photo or instant photo icon. Depending on the software version installed, your image gallery application might be Google Photos. If that's the case, look for an icon resembling a four-pointed star made of paper, with each point in a different color.

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 Shield, 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 Shield

If you cannot use the physical buttons of the Nvidia Shield 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 Nvidia.

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Nvidia Shield. 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 Nvidia phone or tablet.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen. It typically has a photo or instant photo icon. Depending on the software version installed, your image gallery application might be Google Photos. If that's the case, look for an icon resembling a four-pointed star made of paper, with each point in a different color.

How to capture a full page in Nvidia Shield?

To take a screenshot with scrolling on a web page, a WhatsApp conversation or any other application of your Nvidia Shield 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 screenshot is complete, it will be saved in the Shield's image gallery, where you can edit and share it on social networks.

About the device:

Nvidia Shield is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 221 x 126 x 9.2 mm (8.70 x 4.96 x 0.36 in), a weight of 390 grams, a screen size of 8.0 inches (~66.6% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels (~283 ppi pixel density).

It has a processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, a graphics card ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores), a RAM memory 2 GB RAM and an internal memory of 16 GB.

The Nvidia Shield comes from the factory with the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)| upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) operating system.

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