How to Take a Screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024 (9 Methods)

Moto G Stylus 2024 is one of the popular smartphones by Motorola. It comes with a stylus support in a budget and that’s among one of the highlighted specifications of the device. It has numerous software-based features as well. The device runs on Motorola’s Hello UI, a nice combination of stock Android and features.

Are you looking to take a screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024? Then you are in the right place. Below is a comprehensive guide on how to take a screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024. We have mentioned all the possible methods, including how to take a scrolling or long screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024. Yes, these methods will also work with other Motorola phones. There are nine methods in total, and all of them are useful.

How to Take a Screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024

Taking a screenshot is easy and can be very beneficial in many situations. You will no longer have to write down some important stuff on the screen, simply capture the page and save your time. You never know when you might need to take a screenshot, so you should know all the methods. Let’s start the guide.

The Conventional Method

This is probably the most famous and one of the easiest ways for taking a screenshot. If some important thing appears on your screen and you do not have much time to go to the menu and take a screenshot, this method will come in handy. You can take a screenshot simply by pressing two buttons at once. Let’s see how:

Before anything, make sure that you are on the page that you want to capture in a screenshot.
Now press the Power and Volume Down buttons simultaneously.
This is it. Your system will now take a screenshot of the screen. You will be able to edit the screenshot immediately.

You will be able to access these screenshots by going to the gallery or screenshot folders in files later.

Exclusive Method to screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024

The device is known for the Stylus support. And it won’t make any sense if we don’t include a method featuring Stylus itself. Yes, you can take a screenshot on Moto G Stylus using the Stylus that comes with the phone. Using the Stylus for a screenshot is quite simple, here is the process.

First go to the app or page that you want to capture in a screenshot.
Take out the Stylus from the device.
You will see a quick tool pop-up. Tap the Screenshot option, and it will capture the screen.

So this is how you can use the Stylus to take screenshot on Moto G Stylus.

Taking a Screenshot from Quick Settings

The above method depends on the working of physical buttons. Sometimes physical buttons stop working, so you should know about this method to take a screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024. Another way to capture the screenshot is utilizing the option present in the control center. Most Android devices by default come with the screenshot toggle present in the control center. It’s easy to take a screenshot using this method.

Make sure you are on the app or page that you want to capture in screenshot.
Now swipe down on the screen to access Quick Settings.
Find the “Screenshot” toggle and tap on it.
This will initiate the system to take a screenshot of the page.

Take a Screenshot from Recent Apps Window

You can also take the screenshot on Moto G Stylus from the Recent Apps page. This is the page that shows all open or active apps, and let users to switch between multiple apps. Here’s how it works.

Swipe up from the center bottom of the screen and it will open the Recent App window. If you are using Buttons instead of gestures, tap the button with square like icon.
Now in the Recent Apps page, highlight the app that you want to save in screenshot.
Then tap the screenshot icon (scissor like icon), and it will take the screenshot of the highlighted app.

Screenshot using Google Assistant or Gemini

This is by far the easiest method to take a screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024. If you have properly set the Google Assistant or Gemini and have allowed all the important permissions then here’s how to take a screenshot with it:

Trigger Google Assistant by saying “Hey Google” or manually open the Assistant or long press the power button (should be enabled from settings).
Now either type or say, “Please take a screenshot” and that’s it.
Google Assistant will take the screenshot and your screenshot will be saved in your files.

If you have switched to Gemini, it will also work the same way to take screenshots on Moto G Stylus.

Take a Screenshot from the Sidebar

Motorola devices come with a very amazing feature, called the sidebar. It is essentially a dock that can be accessed over any app, or any page and can do multiple tasks such as opening the app directly in the free form mode or taking a screenshot. However, you first need to add the screenshot toggle before actually using it. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to add it:

First of all, open the Settings app and navigate to the “Gestures” section.
Now tap on the “Sidebar” option.
Now look for the settings icon on the bottom part of your screen and tap on it.
Go to the “Tools” section.
Select “Screenshot” and drag it to the sidebar.

Now this will add a screenshot toggle to the sidebar. Now to take a screenshot on your Moto G Stylus 2025 using sidebar, follow these steps:

Go to any page or app.
Trigger the sidebar by swiping left from the edge of your screen (you will see a small bar at the right side, swipe from that location).
Now tap on the “Screenshot” icon.
That’s it. This will take a screenshot of the page and it will be saved to your gallery.

Three-finger gesture to take a Screenshot

This is arguably the most popular way to take a screenshot on Android devices. However, in the large majority of the devices, you have to swipe down with three fingers to take a screenshot. And this is done a little differently on the Motorola device. Here’s how you can take screenshots using three fingers:

Make sure you are on the screen on which you want to take the screenshot.
Now simply touch and hold anywhere on the screen with 3 of your fingertips simultaneously.
This will now take a screenshot and it will be saved locally on your device.

It isn’t refined as three finger swipe down gesture to take a screenshot, but it does the job.

Double Tap on Back to Screenshot

Motorola devices comes with an interesting feature that allows the user to do certain actions when tapping twice on the back. You can also assign it to take a screenshot on your Moto G Stylus. But before using it, you will have to enable this by going to Settings >> Gestures >> Quick Launch and turn it on. Now turn on the screenshot feature by using the following guide:

Go to Quick Launch page from Settings > Gesture. Enable it.
Then tap Settings icon present on the top left corner of the screen.
Under “Choose what to launch” section, select “Take a screenshot.”
You are all done. Now whenever you tap twice on the back of your phone, it will automatically take a screenshot and will be saved on your gallery.

How to Take a Long Screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024

Long screenshots are important if you want to capture the whole page and not just the visible portion of it. Let’s say you want to capture a whole webpage whose content is not visible in a single screen, you can take one long screenshot instead of taking multiple screenshots. To take a long/scrolling screenshot on your Moto G Stylus, follow the below mentioned guide:

Take a screenshot using any of the aforementioned steps.
A screenshot preview will be shown to you at the bottom corner of the screen. Inside that, double tap on the “Arrow” button.
This will start taking a scrolling screenshot of the page. Wait until it covers all the pages you want in the screen. You can stop it by simply pressing the red button or if you want to take the full page screenshot, then leave it after triggering the scrolling screenshot.
The screenshot will be now be saved locally on your device.

Note: Not all apps support long screenshot. After taking a standard screenshot, if you see a double arrow icon, it means that the app allows long or scrolling screenshots.

So this was the complete guide on how to take a screenshot on Moto G Stylus 2024. Most users already know the physical button combination to take a screenshot, but knowing other methods can prove to be useful in some situations. In case you have any queries, let us know in comments.

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