What if you want to walk someone through how to use a feature or get past a bug you keep running into? Well, you can turn on your phone's microphone and have it record for as long as a screen-recording session is active. With a long-press, you can opt to turn on audio recording so you can narrate your video. Tap on the red button or bar to stop recording. You'll know when your screen is being recorded because there will either be a red bar across the top of your screen (on older iPhones) or the time will have a red highlight behind it (on newer iPhones). Tap on the Screen Recording button, which will prompt a countdown inside the button followed by it turning red to indicate to begin capturing whatever's on your display. On newer iPhones, swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen. On iPhones older than the iPhone X, get there by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. The Screen Recorder button will show a countdown (here it shows '2') after it's selected, allowing you to go to the app or screen you want to record.Īfter adding the shortcut, you begin by opening Control Center. On your iOS device go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls then tap the green plus button next to Screen Recording. You'll need to have iOS 11 or a later update installed on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, but that's the only requirement.īefore you can begin using the screen recorder tool, you'll first need to add the feature's button to the Control Center.

Of course, you can still take screenshots and use its tools to draw and annotate something on your screen, but there are times when a recording - complete with audio - is the better route. If you want to record your iPhone or iPad screen, the process is simple - whether you're nearing the rewarding conclusion to your favorite Apple Arcade game and you want to document it, or you're trying to walk a loved one through how to set up their new phone.

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