If you want to record something that appears on your Apple Watch’s screen, here’s how to take a screenshot on Apple Watch.
Even though the Apple Watch is a little over six months old now, it’s still a new device and there are still users who buy the Apple Watch. Also, there will likely be many new Apple Watch owners after Christmas.
Apple is also rolling out new updates for its smartwatch, as the company recently rolled out the first major update for the device since the watch was launched in April.
Admittedly, there are still many users who are trying to get used to their new smartwatch and want to learn more about how to use it, and perhaps a trick that some users do not know is a screenshot of your Apple Watch’s screen, just like you would on an iPhone or iPad.
If you want to take a screenshot of an iMessage conversation from your watch or take a screenshot of a list to remember later, there are many reasons why you might want to take a screenshot on the Apple Watch.
Here’s how to take a screenshot on Apple Watch.
How to Take a Screenshot on Apple Watch
Taking screenshots on Apple Watch is really easy and includes the side button and Digital Crown.
While the Digital Crown is mostly seen as a kind of scroll wheel, it acts as a button that you can push in. Clicking on it brings up the app layout for all the apps you have installed on your Apple Watch. Clicking and holding will activate Siri, and double-clicking on it will bring up the last app you opened.
However, when you do, it takes a screenshot of your Apple Watch’s screen and saves it in your photo album.
That is all!
How to Transfer Apple Watch Screenshots to iPhone
Now, after taking this screenshot, you may want to transfer it to your iPhone so that you have more options than you can do with that screenshot.
The good news is that it’s relatively easy to automatically transfer screenshots from your Apple Watch to your iPhone.
The first thing you need to do is open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and download the . Choose an album you want synced between your Apple Watch and iPhone. will sync… well… all photos.
Go back one page and tap . Here you can choose up to how many photos you want synced between two devices at the same time. You can choose from 25, 100, 250 or 500 photos.
After all that, your Apple Watch screenshots will appear in the Photos app on your iPhone, and any Apple Watch screenshots you take in the future will automatically appear on your iPhone as well.
From here, you can share the screenshot on your iPhone just like any other photo, and if you have iCloud Photo Library enabled, your Apple Watch screenshots will automatically appear on your Mac as well.
You can also view photos directly on your Apple Watch, so you can put any photo on your iPhone into the synced album you set up earlier and view them on your Apple Watch via the Photos app, which you can access by clicking Digital. Select the Photos app from the crown and app layout.
Tapping a photo makes it full screen, and then you can scroll through the photos with your finger or use the Digital Crown wheel.
