Here’s how to get screen recordings on Android, as tested with both a Pixel 8 running Android 15 and a Galaxy Z Fold 5 running Android 14 (One UI 6.1.1).

Although I spotted these screen recording changes in the Android 15 Beta 4.2 release, I doubt they’ll go live in the stable release of Android 15. Instead, I suspect we’ll see them in the ...

In addition to knowing the meaning of some important screen icons on iPhones, you'll benefit from learning exactly what these mysterious Android symbols are trying to tell you.

Android 16 lets you screen record what’s happening on an external monitor. Previous versions of Android only let you screen record the built-in display.

However, Google hasn’t made any changes to the Screen Record feature. In the Quarterly Platform Release for Android 15, which is already in beta, there is an additional UI change.

Android phones are incredibly high-tech, with a number of symbols and icons displaying performance-related settings for battery use, Wi-Fi, and more.