Screen recording on your Samsung Galaxy A55 is a built-in feature that lets you capture exactly what's happening on your display. It's perfect for saving a funny moment from a video call, creating a how-to guide for an app, or sharing your gameplay highlights.
Start a Recording from Quick Settings
Swipe down from the top of your screen twice to pull down the full Quick Settings panel. Look for the Screen recorder tile, which looks like a circle with a dot inside. If you don't see it, swipe left on the panel and tap the + button or the edit icon to add it from the list of available tiles.
Once you tap the Screen recorder tile, a menu will pop up from the bottom of your screen. This is where you choose your audio settings before the countdown begins.
Pick Your Audio Source
You have three choices for sound when recording. Selecting No sound will capture a silent video of just your screen. The Media sounds option records audio playing from your phone, like music, game sounds, or a video's audio.
For a voiceover, choose Media sounds and mic. This records both the phone's audio and your voice through the microphone. After you make your selection, tap Start recording. You'll get a three-second countdown to get to the screen you want to capture.
Use the Floating Controls While Recording
As soon as the recording starts, a small, semi-transparent toolbar will appear on your screen. It has buttons to pause, stop, or open the drawing tools. You can drag this toolbar anywhere on the edge of your display if it's blocking something important.
The toolbar also shows a live timer so you can keep track of your recording's length. I've found this helpful for keeping tutorials concise.
Add Drawings or Highlights in Real Time
Tap the pencil icon on the floating toolbar to draw directly on your screen while recording. A small palette will appear letting you pick a pen color and adjust the stroke size. This is incredibly useful for circling a button you're about to tap or underlining text in a tutorial.
Just tap the pencil icon again to hide the drawing tools when you're finished.
Stop and Save Your Video
To end the recording, tap the stop button (the square icon) on the floating toolbar. You can also swipe down from the top to see your notifications and tap the one that says "Screen recorder - Tap to stop."
Your video will automatically process and save to your Gallery app. You'll find it in a dedicated folder called "Screen recordings."
Trim and Edit After Saving
Open the Gallery app and navigate to the "Screen recordings" album. Tap on your video to play it, then tap the Edit button (it looks like a pencil). From here, you can trim the start and end points, adjust the playback speed, or add background music.
The editing tools on the A55 are quite capable for quick cuts. For more complex edits, you might want to use a dedicated video editor app.
Customize the Recorder's Behavior
You can change how the screen recorder works by going to Settings > Advanced features > Screenshots and screen recorder. Here, you can set the default video quality. Higher quality like 1080p looks better but creates larger files.
You can also toggle on "Show touches" which will display a white circle wherever you tap the screen, perfect for clear tutorials. Another setting lets you choose the picture-in-picture size for your selfie camera if you decide to record your face alongside the screen.
Understand the Recording Limitations
Due to copyright protection, most streaming apps like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video will block screen recording. You'll typically just get a black screen in the recording where the video should be.
Similarly, banking apps and other secure applications often disable recording for safety reasons. For almost everything else, your own photos, web browsing, games, and social media apps, the screen recorder will work without any issues.
