The modern Xiaomi Mi 11 offers users many ways to capture what is happening on the display, far beyond the standard solutions. owners of flagship devices often look for quick and convenient methods of capturing information, whether it is correspondence in the messenger, an error in the application or a frame from the game. Understanding all available options allows you to save time and instantly share content.
In this article, we’ll take a look at every method available, from classic buttons to advanced gestures, how to set up automatic saves, where to look for ready-made files, and how to use the long-scroll feature for web pages. Screenshots are a basic but powerful tool that many use only 10%.
The MIUI (and the new HyperOS) shell interface is rich in hidden capabilities, and we’ll look not only at the process of creating an image, but also at the nuances of its subsequent processing, and this guide will help you become a true expert in managing content on your device.
Physical button combination: the classic method
The most common way that every Android user knows is to press two keys at once. On the side of the Xiaomi Mi 11 are the on button and the volume control. To get a result, you need to press them simultaneously and quickly release them. If you hold your fingers, you can activate the off menu or voice assistant, so the reaction speed is important.
When you do that, you hear the characteristic click of the camera shutter, and you get a thumbnail in the top corner of the screen, which indicates that the system has saved the image to the gallery, and it works even when the touchscreen is temporarily unresponsive to touch, making it universal.
⚠️ Note: On models with curved screen edges, such as the Mi 11, be careful when pressing to avoid touching random display areas with your fingers while grabbing.
This is good for reliability, but requires both hands or a certain amount of agility with one hand. For those who appreciate speed, there are more convenient alternatives built into the software.
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To avoid looking for screenshots in the shared gallery, create a separate album for important documents and move screenshots there immediately after creation.
Using three fingers for quick grip
One of the most convenient features of MIUI is the ability to create a screenshot with a simple swipe of three fingers, which allows you to take a picture with one hand without leaving the content, but by default this option can be disabled, so you need to activate it in the settings of the system.
To enable the function, go to the Settings menu, then select Additional Settings. Next, find the Buttons and gestures section and click on Screenshot. Here you select the Three Fingers action and confirm the selection. After that, the swipe down the center of the screen will instantly save the image.
- 📱 Open the settings of the smartphone through the gear icon.
- 🔍 Go to the additional parameters of the system.
- 🖐 Activate the three-finger capture option.
- ✅ Check the work by swiping on the desktop.
Using gestures makes it much faster in your daily life, so you can take pictures while reading news feeds or watching photos without changing the grip of the device, and this is especially true for owners of large screens, where reaching the volume buttons can be difficult.
Control through the notification panel (Stork)
If you feel uncomfortable using buttons or gestures, you can always use the interface elements at the top of the screen. In the notification curtain Xiaomi Mi 11 has a special shortcut designed for this purpose, which allows you to capture the current state of the screen in one click.
To use this method, swipe from top to bottom to open the control center. Find an icon with a picture of scissors or a rectangle that is signed as "Screenshot." Click on it and the system automatically creates a picture. If the desired icon is not on the first screen, expand the full list of buttons or edit their location through the editing menu (usually the "More" button or pencil).
The advantage of this is that it's visually obvious, you can see what you're pressing, and it also eliminates the random volume change that sometimes happens when you use physical keys, and it's a safe method that works well in all applications.
☑️ Checking the screenshot settings
Extended screenshot function (scroll)
One of the most popular features on the Mi 11's big screens is the ability to take long screenshots, which allows you to capture the entire page of a website, a correspondence in a messenger or a whole document, automatically scrolling down content, eliminating the need to glue many individual images together.
Once you've taken a normal screenshot by any means, a floating thumbnail window will appear in the top corner. At the bottom of this window, find a button with two arrows down or the words "Scroll" and press it until you've captured all the required area, or press the stop button when you reach the right place.
The system will automatically glue all the pieces together into one long, high-resolution image, and it's important to consider that the quality of the final image can decrease slightly with strong compression if the original content is very long, but the text remains readable and the structure is preserved.
⚠️ Note: The scroll function may not work properly in applications where content is loaded dynamically or has a complex layout, such as in some maps or games.
Using this option makes your smartphone a powerful document tool, so you can send whole pages of instructions or articles to colleagues, keeping the context and sequence of information in place, and this is especially useful for training or technical support.
How to edit a long screenshot?
Voice control and Google Assistant
When hands are busy or the device is in the dock, voice commands come to the rescue. Xiaomi Mi 11 is perfectly integrated with Google Assistant, which can take screenshots on voice request. It is a modern and technological way of interacting with a smartphone.
To activate, just say "Ok Google" or press the assistant button, and then say "Take a screenshot" (or "Make a screenshot" if the interface is in English). The system recognizes the request and executes the action instantly, which works even in applications where physical buttons are blocked.
Voice control is especially relevant for people with disabilities or in smart home scenarios, where the phone acts as a control panel, and the accuracy of speech recognition in modern versions of Android is almost 100%, making it highly reliable.
| Method | Speed. | Convenience | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttons | Tall. | Average. | Physical access |
| Three fingers. | Very high. | High. | Customization of the gesture |
| Curtain. | Medium | High. | Unlocking |
| Voice. | Tall. | Maximum. | Internet/Microphone |
Search, edit and remove screenshots
Once you have created an image, it is important to know where it is stored and how to find it quickly. All screenshots are automatically included in the Gallery app in a separate Screenshots album, and they are duplicated in the DCIM/Screenshots system folder or Pictures/Screenshots if you use a file manager.
The built-in MIUI editor allows you to immediately post a screenshot, add text, blur sensitive data or crop the image, click on the thumbnail before it disappears, and if you missed that moment, open the photo in the gallery and click on the "Edit" button.
- ✂️ Cutting: Removing excess edges of the image.
- 📝 Text: Addition of comments and inscriptions.
- 🎨 Drawing: highlighting important areas with a marker.
- 🔒 Blurring: Hiding passwords and personal data.
Regularly cleaning the folder with screenshots helps free up space in the phone’s memory, as these files often weigh a lot, especially in the high resolution Xiaomi Mi 11.
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The built-in screenshot editor in MIUI has the functionality of a full-fledged graphics application, allowing you to perform 90% of the necessary actions without installing third-party software.