How to Take Screenshots on Xbox Series X | S Out of Gameplay
Play on Xbox Series X | S isn’t sweet, but there is one thing about the console that made me want to pull my hair out: it doesn’t allow for quick screenshots outside of gameplay. Whether you want to show your home screen or take a few screenshots of your settings pages, Xbox just won’t make it any easier for you. Fortunately, there is a workaround.
How to Take Screenshots of Xbox Series X | S during the game
If you’re playing a game, you can press the Share button on your controller to take a quick screenshot. You can then press and hold the Xbox button to view the screenshot and share it if you like. Plus, these screenshots also appear in Xbox apps across platforms, so you can share them from your phone or PC as well.
How to Take Screenshots of Xbox Series X | S when you don’t play
When You Aren’t Playing Games on Xbox Series X | S, the easiest way to take a screenshot is remotely. You can stream Xbox games to your iPhone, iPad, Android device, or Windows. Once you’ve configured this, you can take screenshots of all pages on your Xbox, whether you’re in the game or not.
Streaming Xbox games to other devices is basically like using your smartphone or PC as a display for a game console. This means that you will be able to see the Xbox home screen, settings pages, or any other page of the system’s user interface on your smartphone or computer.
If you’re streaming games from Xbox Series X | S on your iPhone or iPad , you can take a screenshot by pressing Power + Volume Up on Apple devices that don’t have a Home button. If your Apple device has a Home button, you can use the Power button + Home button shortcut to take a screenshot.
On Android, you can take these screenshots by opening the Xbox app and setting up a stream. When you’re ready, press the Power + Volume Down button . For those streaming Xbox One games on Windows, you can press either the Print Screen key or Windows key + Shift + S to take a screenshot.
It’s a bit of a shame you can’t capture screenshots natively outside of games on Xbox Series X | S, but hey, at least this is the ability to give remote playback a chance. This is actually the reason I now regularly play Xbox games on my iPad; you might like it too.