The company is developing a new screen recording app

Nov 27, 2020 18:57 GMT  ·  By

We’ve known for a while that Samsung and Microsoft are working together on a series of new projects, and now for some reason, the South Korean company is ready to develop a new Windows 10 application.

More specifically, what Samsung is planning to do is release a screen recording app for Windows 10 that would allow users to create a video of everything happening on the display.

As everybody knows already, such software has been around for a while, and yet, Samsung still thinks this is a market that would actually use another application.

But at first glance, this doesn’t seem to be anything innovative or things like that, instead offering basic functionality to Windows 10 users.

For example, the new Samsung Screen Recorder lets users not only record the screen but also take a screenshot, all with a series of other customization options.

One of them is selecting just an area on the screen to record the video, and this comes in handy especially if you want to create a video of what’s happening in a specific app. Additionally, the app will allow users to select a webcam source, configure the video recording resolution, switch the sound to on and off, use everything with keyboard shortcuts, and pick a specific format for the screenshots.

The UI is as simple as it could be and pretty much comes down to just a toolbar that includes the essential controls to create a recording.

At this point, however, the Samsung Screen Recorder app isn’t available for everybody, as the South Korean company is still in the beta testing stage and trying to collect more feedback before rolling it out to everybody. There are no specifics as to when this is supposed to happen, but it shouldn’t take too long since it already appears to be working quite alright.

In the meantime, there are plenty of apps that can do the same thing, including even the Xbox Game Bar, but one little tool that deserves to be highlighted is called Screen To Gif.

As you could easily figure out by simply reading its name, the purpose of this app is to record the screen and then convert the video to a GIF, all automatically. And of course, you also get plenty of other options, including keyboard support and several other configuration options.

You can also choose just an area to record, set up the fps options, and then quickly edit the recording by simply removing specific frames.

The UI is as straightforward as it gets, coming with the Microsoft Office signature ribbon, so Office users will find it particularly familiar, which means it won’t take too long before you are capable of mastering its capabilities. Screen To Gif works on all Windows versions, including Windows 10, though it’s not available from the Microsoft Store. It’s only shipped as a Win32 app, so it needs to be installed on full Windows 10 – if you’re running Windows 10 in S Mode, for example, which is limited to Microsoft Store app, you won’t be able to install this app.

In the meantime, Microsoft and Samsung are working together on a series of other projects, and probably one of the most important is the support for Android apps on Windows 10 through the Your Phone app. At this point, only the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra is supported, allowing users to launch apps installed on their phones right on the desktop using their very own dedicated windows and with extra options to pin these apps to the taskbar.