Android 14 beta is already available for some smartphones and Google recently rolled out the second beta update, so people have had time to play around with Google’s upcoming operating system and explore some new features. And it looks like the search giant is planning to make screen recording a more privacy-oriented feature.
Currently, the screen recording feature on stock Android allows you to turn off sound recording and hide taps. The new screen recording will allow you to limit recording to a single app or hide sensitive information like notifications while recording.
Mishaal Rahman shows how those two things work in his Twitter thread. When you tap an individual app screen recording, a carousel of your recently opened apps appears. The complete list of apps is also available. Exiting the app while recording will make the screen black until you return to the app, then none of your actions outside the app will be recorded.
And here is the resulting partial screen recording. The video doesn’t show the status bar or the notifications I’ve received. A handy feature to have when you need to screen record something to share with others! pic.twitter.com/mTDri6UOIh
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) May 19, 2023
Alternatively, you can choose to log everything but only hide sensitive information like notifications. In fact, the entire status bar is hidden in the recording.
Some Android overlays already offer some privacy-related features for screen recording, like Samsung’s OneUI, but this is the first time we’ve seen it work natively on Android.
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