Taking screenshots in Android Auto can be beneficial for various reasons. It allows users to capture important information displayed on the screen, such as navigation directions, music playlists, or error messages, for reference or troubleshooting purposes. In this tutorial, we’ll see how to capture and share your Android Auto-enabled car’s head unit screen.
Android Auto is a smart driving companion designed to offer a safer way to use your device’s features, such as navigation, music, calling, and messaging while driving. It mirrors select features of an Android device to a car’s compatible in-dash information and entertainment head unit. To minimize distractions, it offers a simplified interface, larger touch targets, and voice commands.
Steps to Take Screenshots in Android Auto
Android devices and Wear OS watches support screen capture via hardware key combinations. Pressing the Volume Down and Power keys simultaneously captures the screen of any Android phone or tablet. Similarly, you have to press both the side buttons together to take screenshots on a Wear OS watch.
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Android Auto is not a standalone app but an extension of your phone projected to your car’s infotainment system. Therefore, you can’t capture its screen using a hardware button in your car’s head unit. There is no option to take screenshots in the regular interface of the Android Auto app. However, once you enable the Developer Settings in Android Auto, you can access the option to save and share screenshots.
- Launch the Settings app on your Android phone and search “Android Auto“.
- Scroll to the bottom of the Android Auto app’s menu and tap Version > Version and Permission Info 10 times to enable the Developer Settings.
- Now tap the 3-dot icon in the top-right corner and select the Developer Settings option.
- Connect your phone to your car’s head unit. When connected, tap the Share Screenshot Now option.
- When the screenshot is captured, Android’s Share Menu will pop up. Select the app with which you want to share the screenshot.
- If you want to save the Android Auto screenshots to the Pictures folder on your Android phone, enable the Dump Screenshot option.
That’s it!
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