Why will my Pixel 3a XL no longer take screenshots? I have a Pixel 3a XL phone running Android 11.
Until recently I was able to take screenshots by holding down the power button and then selecting screenshot from the menu.
However, over the past week or two, something -- I don't know what -- has changed and when I hold down the power button, I get a different menu as shown below.
I don't remember exactly when this started, nor do I know how to see a list of apps on my phone sorted in order of most recently installed.
So how can I get my screen-shot functionality back??
Basically, it's gone and you can't just &quot;get it back&quot;...
A quick Google search would have answered this from multiple sources including Google itself, but I will to answer it. They (Google) removed that screenshot method from Android 11 and replaced it with a screenshot tool in the task switching screen using &quot;swipe up and hold&quot; gesture. This does require you to use Gesture Navigation though. However the long time Android standard for screenshots of POWER+VOL DN still works and has since about Android 2.1.
Google asked about this: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/72969834?hl=en
How the new gesture system works: https://www.androidcentral.com/how-take-screenshots-and-select-text-multitasking-pane-android-11
Again, you must be using Gesture Navigation for the later method to work, otherwise you have to use the old POWER+VOL DN method. This may change in the future or not, it is a very polarizing subject among Android users, it's about a 50/50 split of people who want the old way and people who prefer the new way.