How to screen record on a Xiaomi phone (HyperOS 3)

6 of 6 steps show a real screenshot from our Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G. Each step was checked against the maker's own instructions, linked at the end.

Steps

1. 1

   Add the Screen Recorder tile

   Screen Recorder was not in Control Centre on our phone. Swipe down from the top right, tap Edit and add Screen Recorder from the list: how to edit the Control Centre. Here it is added: the video-camera tile at the bottom is Screen Recorder.

   Done
   
2. 2

   Tap the tile

   Tap Screen Recorder in Control Centre. Control Centre closes and a floating bar appears at the side of the screen: a red button, a folder, a gear and X.

   Done
   
3. 3

   Start and stop recording

   Tap the red button to start. A timer runs on the button while it records. Tap it again to stop and save. Here it shows 00:14. The folder on the bar opens your recordings and the gear opens settings.

   Done
   
4. 4

   Open Screen Recorder settings

   Go to Settings, Additional settings, Screen Recorder.

   Done
   
5. 5

   Check the settings

   Ours recorded 2772x1280 at 16 Mbps and 24 fps, with Lock screen to end turned on: locking the phone stops and saves the recording.

   Done
   
6. 6

   Choose the sound source

   Tap Sound source. The choices are None, Microphone, System and Both. System, the default on ours, records the phone's sound but not your voice. Pick Both to record both.

   Done
   

If you do not see this option

• No Screen Recorder tile? Add it in Control Centre's Edit list (step 1). It was not there by default on our phone.
• Where is the recording? When we checked the phone's storage over USB, our test clip was in the Pictures, Screenshots folder, not DCIM. Tap the folder on the recorder bar to open your recordings.

If this does not work

• Recording has no voice? Set Sound source to Microphone or Both. System records only the phone's own sound.
• Recording stopped by itself? Lock screen to end was on: locking the screen ends and saves the recording. Turn it off in Screen Recorder settings.
• Notifications in the video? Xiaomi suggests turning on DND in Control Centre before you record.
• Video file too large to send? Xiaomi's HyperOS 3 guide says higher Video quality means a bigger file. Lower Resolution or Video quality in Screen Recorder settings before recording clips you plan to share.
• Taps not visible in a tutorial? Xiaomi's guide lists Show touch gestures, which shows your taps as a white dot, and Show button taps for the navigation buttons. Turn them on in Screen Recorder settings.

Good to know

Need a still picture instead? How to take a screenshot on a Xiaomi phone.

Recordings stay on the phone until you delete them and can take up a lot of space, especially at high resolution and frame rate. Xiaomi's guide says Gallery sorts them into the Screenshots and screen recordings album, which makes old clips easy to find and remove. If storage fills up, see Xiaomi storage full.

About this guide

Device

Android

Shown on

Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G (25080RABDG), HyperOS 3.0.308.0, Android 16

Starts in

Quick Settings

Real screenshots

6 of 6 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Sources

• Xiaomi: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0

Links checked October 2026. Menus and features can change with updates.

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