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

Device

Android

Shown on

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

App

Settings

Real screenshots

6 of 6 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

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. 

   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. 

   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. 

   Open Screen Recorder settings

   Go to Settings, Additional settings, Screen Recorder.

   Done

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. 

   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. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• 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. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• Notifications in the video? Xiaomi suggests turning on DND in Control Centre before you record. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0

About this guide

HyperOS 3 has a screen recorder built in, but on our phone its tile was not in Control Centre until we added it, and it recorded the phone's sound but not the microphone.

The screenshots are from our Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G with Xiaomi HyperOS 3.0.308.0 and Android 16, in Light mode. Every switch we changed for a picture was put back afterwards. We deleted the test clip afterwards.

Good to know

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

In short: Control Centre, Screen Recorder, red button to start and stop. Sound source in Settings, Additional settings, Screen Recorder.