Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Enable and Use Smart Capture Feature in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

If taking a screenshot with regular way is not enough for you, you can try doing so by using the smart capture feature. When this feature is enabled, your phone will provide additional options after taking a screenshot, lets you capture hidden areas of the screen so you can save the whole screen into a single image, crop the screenshot to remove unwanted or unused area, or immediately share it with others as soon as you take it.


How to enable or disable the smart capture feature?
You can turn on or off this feature by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
   
   
2. Scroll down the screen to find Advanced features and then tap it.
   
   
3. Tap Smart capture.
   
   
4. Depending on your current settings, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable or disable the smart capture feature. When the switch turns blue , means this feature is enabled.
   
   

How to use the smart capture feature?
As the example, we'll use this feature to capture a long post in a webpage by using the following steps:

1. Open the Internet app and then open a webpage.
   
   
2. Capture the current screen, either by pressing the Power key and the Home key at the same time, or by swiping the edge of your hand across the screen, until you hear the shutter sound. After the screenshot is taken, the smart capture options will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
3. To capture hidden areas of the screen, use these steps:
• Tap Capture more to automatically scroll down the screen and capture additional screenshot. Repeat this step until the whole screens are captured.
  
  
• Your phone will stitch all screenshots into a single image.
  
  
4. To immediately share the screenshot to others, use these steps:
• Tap Share .
  
  
• Select the required share method you want to use to share the image, e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi direct, etc.
  
  
• Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.
5. To crop the screenshot so you can remove unused area of the screenshot, use these steps:
• Tap Crop .
  
  
• Drag the edge of the frame to adjust the area you want to crop and then tap Save in Gallery to save the changes.