How to Use the Game Captures App on Your Xbox One or Series X|S

Capturing gameplay on your Xbox has always been quick and easy, with Xbox controllers coming with various shortcuts and tricks to capture gameplay at the click of a button.

With the Xbox Captures app, managing, uploading, and editing your Xbox game captures is made even easier with Xbox providing a dedicated space for all of your game-capturing needs.

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But what exactly is the Xbox Captures app, and how can you use it to improve your game captures? Let’s find out.

What Is the Xbox Captures App, and Where Can You Find It?

As released in the 16th November 2022 system update announced onXbox Wire, the Xbox Game Captures app reinvigoratescapturing gameplay on your Xboxby compiling all the necessary tools and features you may need in one place.

With the Xbox Captures app, you can manage and edit your game captures using all of Xbox’s available methods within a single application.

A picture of a purple and white coloured Xbox controller with a neon blue and purple light silhouetting it

Before diving into the features available through the Xbox Captures app, you may want to know how to access the app from your console. To access the Xbox Captures app from your console, follow these steps:

Once the Captures app loads, it will display all of your most recently captured screenshots and videos from your games, but how can you use the app’s features to benefit your game captures?

A screenshot of the Apps submenu of the My Games and Apps menu on Xbox Series X

How to Use the Xbox Captures App

There are various features available through the Xbox Captures app that you can use to benefit your game captures on Xbox. These include:

Each of these features is accessed in exactly the same way through the Captures app. To access these features, follow these steps:

A screenshot of the Xbox Captures app Main Menu with Manage highlighted

Depending on your selected feature the Captures app will guide you through the process of managing your game capture. If you want to trim your game capture the app will simply prompt you to use yourLeft Analog StickandRight Analog Stickto cut unnecessary footage from your video captures.

All the other features of the Captures app function automatically. If you selectUpload to OneDrivethe app will upload your selected game capture straight to your associated Microsoft account’s OneDrive.

A screenshot of the available managing options for a selected game capture on the Xbox Captures app

If you want to copy your captures to external storage, you need an external storage device connected to your console. If storage is an issue for your console, you may need toadd extra storage to your Xbox Series X|Sbefore copying game captures.

Streamline Your Game Captures and Improve With Xbox

By providing a default application for managing game captures, the Xbox Captures app creates a unifying place for all the available Xbox tools for game capturing. This not only improves capturing gameplay on consoles but also makes the process more convenient and user-friendly.

To further improve your experience of capturing gameplay on Xbox, you may want to check out the best available capture cards for your Xbox to help broaden your game-capturing horizons.

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