How to Take a Long Screenshot on Xiaomi: The Complete Guide

Smartphone owners often face the need to save a lot of information from the screen, whether it’s a messaging app, an important article or a long check from an online store. A standard screenshot captures only the visible area, forcing you to take many frames, which is inconvenient for later viewing or transfer. Fortunately, the shells of MIUI and the new HyperOS from Xiaomi implemented a native scrolling function that allows you to create a single image of high height.

The process of creating these images, often called a "long screen" or "scroll screenshot", is built into the system and does not require the installation of third-party software. However, users do not always find this option immediately, since it is hidden in the additional menu after creating a regular shot. Understanding the logic of this tool will help you save time and save information in the most readable format.

In this article, we will discuss in detail all the ways to create long screenshots on Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices. We will look at standard methods, work with new gestures in HyperOS, and also pay attention to possible problems when the scroll function becomes unavailable in certain applications.

Basic method of creating a screenshot with scrolling

The most common and versatile way, which works on 99% of the brand’s devices, starts with a simple screenshot, which requires you to simultaneously press the buttons Volume Down and Power. On some models with gesture support, you can simply swipe three fingers down the screen, and after the characteristic shutter sound in the upper right or left corner (depending on the system version), a thumbnail of the shot will appear.

It's at this point, while the thumbnail is still displayed on the screen, you need to press the button with the image of the arrow down or the inscription "Scroll". If you miss this moment and the thumbnail disappears, you will not be able to start the long screenshot mode - you will have to take the picture again. After pressing, the system will automatically begin to scroll down the contents of the screen, adding new areas to the image.

⚠️ Warning: Do not touch the screen while scrolling automatically, otherwise the long image creation process will be interrupted and you will get a cropped result.

The stop recording occurs automatically when the system reaches the end of the page, or manually if you click on the stop button (square or cross) that appears instead of the scroll button. The resulting file is saved in the gallery as a normal image, but with proportions corresponding to the height of the captured area.

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For a more accurate stop at the right place, don’t wait for automatic completion, but press the stop button manually as soon as you see the desired piece of information.

Work with long screenshots in HyperOS and new versions of MIUI

With the release of HyperOS and the updated versions of MIUI 14, the screenshot management interface has changed to become more intuitive. Now, after creating a snapshot, users are offered a toolbar where the scroll function is highlighted by a separate large button. In some scenarios, such as when browsing the web in the Chrome browser or MI Browser, the system can itself suggest taking a long screenshot if the content does not fit on one screen.

An important feature of new versions is the ability to preview and edit a long image immediately after it is created. You can crop the extra edges, add annotations or text before saving a file. This is especially useful when the captured area gets interface elements that should not be visible to the recipient.

It should be noted that HyperOS has improved the algorithm for “linking” frames, whereas earlier artifacts or blurs at the joints could occur during fast scrolling, the new algorithms process the image more efficiently, keeping the text clear even with a long length of the final file.

• 📱 Click the "Scroll" button immediately after the screenshot thumbnail appears.
• ✂️ Use the built-in editor to trim the extra areas before saving.
• 🔄 New versions have a "Repeat" function if the scroll went wrong.
• 📂 Long screenshots are automatically sorted in the album Screenshots in the Gallery.

Alternative methods and gesture settings

Not all users know that the way you create a screenshot can be changed in the system settings for greater convenience. In the Settings menu → Additional features → Screenshot, you can activate the option “Three fingers Screenshot”, which allows you to create a basic frame, from which you then start scrolling, in one quick movement, which greatly speeds up the process.

In addition, some models with stylus support or specific modifications of the system, you can call the screenshot menu through the control panel. Push the "curtain" of notifications, you can find the icon of the scissors. Once activated, the algorithm is similar: first, a normal frame is taken, then you select the scroll mode.

For those who prefer voice control, the Google Assistant or Si (in Chinese versions) can also help. the Take a Screenshot command will perform the capture, but to activate the long version you still need to tap the corresponding button on the screen, since voice commands do not always support the Long Screenshot mode directly.

Which apps don't have scrolling in them?

Despite the versatility of the feature, there are situations where the scroll button does not appear or becomes inactive, this is due to the peculiarities of content rendering in specific applications, most often this is for banking applications where there is an increased level of security, or applications with a custom layout, where the content is not a single scrollable list.

Problems can also occur in heavy games or applications that use native rendering engines other than standard Android components, in which cases the system cannot correctly determine the boundaries of the scrollable area, so the function is blocked to avoid errors.

If the function is not active in the application you want, the only way out is to create a series of regular screenshots and then glue them together in a third-party editor, although this is less convenient.

Where to find and how to edit long screenshots

All images, including long versions, are saved in the standard Gallery app, and they end up in Screenshots or Screenshots. You can tell the long screenshot from the usual one by the elongated preview format. When you open the file, the system automatically zooms in to show the whole image on the smartphone screen.

The built-in MIUI/HyperOS editor allows you to perform basic operations: framing, adding text, drawing arrows and blurring confidential data. For long screenshots, the Long Image feature in the share menu is especially useful, which allows you to send a file to messengers (for example, Telegram or WhatsApp) in a compressed but readable format, or as a file if the original is too large.

⚠️ Note: When sending long screenshots through MMS or some messengers, the quality can be severely impaired due to automatic compression. To maintain quality, use sending as a "File" or through cloud services.

You can also immediately switch from the gallery to text recognition (MIUI+ AI or Google Lens), which allows you to copy text from a long image without having to manually enter data.

Frequent problems and ways to solve them

Sometimes users are faced with a situation where the scroll stops ahead of time or, conversely, captures “garbage” at the bottom of the page. This can be due to the fact that the application updates the content dynamically (for example, downloading ads or new posts), and the system loses the end-of-page orientation.

In rare cases, the feature may disappear from the interface after a system update, usually treated by clearing the cache of the system application "Screenshot" or restarting the device, and it is also worth checking whether the "Hand" mode or other specific accessibility settings that may conflict with screen capture gestures are turned on.

If a long screenshot is blurry or with artifacts, try scrolling slower (if there is such a setting in a particular version) or taking a snap when no video content is playing on the screen.

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If the standard feature doesn’t work in a mission-critical application, use gluing a few regular screenshots into an app like Tailor or Stitch It.

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