For years, users have been asking for a native tool to record screen on Chromebooks. There are a handful of Chrome extensions that do the job pretty well, but ask for top dollars to access even basic features. So it’s heartening to see Google bringing a native screen recorder on Chromebook. The feature has made it to the beta channel, just short of public release, and will be widely rolled out to all stable users pretty soon. So if you want to enable screen recording on a Chromebook and check how the new tool works, well follow our guide below.
The native screen recording feature is currently available on the beta channel of Chrome OS (88.0.4324.22). If you are on the stable build then you can switch to the beta channel by going to Settings -> About Chrome OS -> Additional Details -> Change Channel -> Beta.
- To use it, click on the “Screen capture” tile and it will open a bottom-bar menu. Click on the video icon to switch to screen recording. On the right side, choose how you want to record: full-screen, partial, or an active window.
Our tutorial will work with all of the following Chromebooks. It is not an exhaustive list and is only here to serve as an example.
