All technology pieces that Apple has began has had a way to take a screenshot. If you are trying to take a screenshot on your Apple Watch but found the other iOS-device way (power button and Home button) to be inaccurate due to these missing buttons, this article is here to help you get this information for taking these screenshots for your Apple Watch screens as they show.
Steps
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1Enable the ability to take screenshots on your Watch, if you are a watchOS 3 user. Open the Watch app on your iPhone and choose General, then scroll down and find the setting that enables this ability. Slide the Enable Screenshots feature till it turns green. If you aren't using watchOS 3, disregard this step or update to this newest Watch operating system.
- You'll see this setting in the Watch app once you update your iPhone to iOS 10.1.1 - a necessity for obtaining the watchOS 3 and 3.1!
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2Get your screenshot ready. Find the screen you'd like to capture.Advertisement
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3Locate the buttons on the right hand side of your Watch. You'll need the two buttons including the side button and the button in the center of the Digital Crown for the screenshot to be taken.
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4Hold in the side button. This button is the bottom of the two buttons.
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5Press the button in the center of the Apple Watch's Digital Crown.
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6Listen for the click sound to result coming from your watch and your watch face to flicker to white and back again to the screen.
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7Retrieve your screenshot on your Bluetooth-connected iPhone from the default Photos app under either the Screenshots album or the All Photos album.Advertisement
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- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204673 - research source
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