In an age when practically everybody games and practically everybody is on social media, sharing screenshots and clips of gameplay has never been more than pop — simply it isn't always completely straightforward. The Xbox 1 and Series consoles may accept some social network integration, but it's clunky and doesn't have many options exterior of Twitter and Facebook. Thankfully, Microsoft makes it easy to download your screenshots correct to your phone or tablet. Hither's how.

The outset affair you'll need is the Xbox app from the Play Shop. Once it'southward downloaded, sign in using the same Microsoft business relationship yous employ on the panel.

Once you're signed in, tap the Library icon on the bottom bar, just adjacent to your profile icon. Here you tin can encounter all of the captures you lot've taken on your Xbox, download them to your device, or share them to other apps. That final option is peculiarly useful because it lets you share the item straight to the app of your selection without having to download the image and open the app manually. I keep my favorite captures in a Google Photos album, so I utilise the share button to send it straight to my Photos library. The options are the same for photos and video.

It's really this simple.

The best function of the Xbox app is that information technology's unproblematic and automated. Whenever you lot take a screenshot or video clip on your console, it'due south automatically synced with the app; you don't need to practice a thing. It takes a while for the capture to be uploaded — from a few seconds to a few minutes, depending on how large it is — but you'll get a helpful notification both on your Xbox and on your telephone when it'due south prepare to be viewed.

You tin also upload your captures to OneDrive from your console, but the procedure isn't quite as smooth. Unlike the Xbox app, which automatically makes all of your screenshots and clips available, the OneDrive method involves you manually uploading each private capture. To do so, go to the capture library on your Xbox, select the captures you want to upload and select "upload to OneDrive." They'll appear in the OneDrive associated with the Microsoft business relationship you're signed into on your Xbox.

And that's it! Compared to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, Xbox has the easiest mode to access your panel captures, hands downward — no footling with manually moving them to your device. Now go forth and tweet all those ill screen grabs.

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