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The latest version of the Android YouTube Gaming app offers Mobile Capture, which lets y'all either tape or alive stream what y'all run into on your screen. It's designed for gamers, only the recording selection is a uncomplicated means to practise a tutorial or demo inward nigh whatever Android app.
What's required: An Android device running Lollipop or higher, the YouTube Gaming app, the YouTube app in addition to a YouTube channel
How to tape a demo or tutorial amongst the YouTube Gaming app (details below)
- Install the Gaming app and YouTube app on your Android device
- Sign in as the channel you wish to move to tape in addition to upload your video
- Open the YouTube Gaming app, tap your channel icon at transcend right, in addition to select "Go Live"
- Select the selection to Record video
- Select the app y'all wish to record
- Position your cam image or avatar (if the photographic telly camera is disabled)
- Start the recording - everything on covert volition last recorded thence last careful!
- End the recording, in addition to y'all volition last prompted to upload the video to YouTube
- Title the video, add together a description, develop visibility, in addition to trim back the ends (if desired) in addition to save
- Optional: add together a custom thumbnail, annotations, captions, in addition to edit the video
1. Install the YouTube Gaming app on your device running Android 5.0 or higher

The YouTube Gaming app records the video, which volition thence last uploaded to your YouTube channel using the YouTube app .
The video recording is stored inward your device's Screencasts directory, in addition to y'all tin uploaded to whatever other app y'all choose.
If y'all convey Google Photos auto-backup enabled, y'all tin develop the Screencasts directory to automatically dorsum upward to your Google account.
2. Sign inward to YouTube Gaming in addition to YouTube every bit the channel y'all wish to move to tape in addition to upload your video
When y'all tape your covert y'all tin select to display either your alive front-facing photographic telly camera image, or your channel icon. If y'all don't programme to convey the photographic telly camera on, last certain to sign inward to YouTube Gaming amongst the channel y'all wish to display.
To sign inward to the YouTube Gaming app:
- Tap the generic profile icon at transcend right
- Select Sign in
- Select your YouTube channel from the listing or sign inward to a dissimilar Google in addition to YouTube account
To switch betwixt channels inward the YouTube Gaming app:
- Tap the channel icon at transcend right
- Select Sign out
- Sign inward amongst the desired account
When y'all cease the recording, y'all volition last prompted to relieve your video to YouTube using the channel y'all convey signed inward to the YouTube app.
YouTube Help Center: Switch betwixt channels on a Google account
3. Open the YouTube Gaming app in addition to tap your channel icon at transcend right, in addition to select "Go live" from the menu
The "Go live" selection is for both recording in addition to alive broadcasting.
4. Select the selection to Record
You tin also select the video format - 720P or 420P.
Make banknote of how much storage is available on your device!
5. Select the app y'all wish to record
You tin access whatever app on your device past times scrolling to the bottom of the listing in addition to tapping All Apps.
Once y'all select an app y'all tin navigate anywhere on your device.
Some apps may non work, particularly if they also take to access your phone's camera. I was able to tape a Hangouts chat, only a Hangouts video telephone outcry upward quit the recording.
Note: Once y'all start recording everything will last captured, including notifications in addition to whatever visible personal information. You may wish to temporarily disable notifications piece recording or broadcasting.
6. Position your cam icon in addition to (optional) disable the photographic telly camera in addition to microphone
Tap the ruby-red circle to run into your options. The default is to exhibit a alive feed of your front-facing camera.
If y'all don't wish to exhibit your face, plow off the photographic telly camera past times tapping the video cam icon. Your channel icon volition display inward house of your photographic telly camera feed.
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Camera On |
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Camera Off |
You tin seat the video or channel icon inward whatever corner of the screen. Drag it to the middle - to the gray circle amongst a ruby-red X - to cancel recording.
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Move the icon to whatever corner |
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Cancel Recording |
If y'all don't wish the microphone to record, tap the microphone icon. Note that all well recording is through your device's microphone, thence plugging inward a headset volition also preclude whatever well from recording.
7. Start the recording
Tap the circle icon to start recording.
8. End the recording
When y'all are recording, a ruby-red point volition display side past times side to your video or channel icon.
Tap it in 1 trial to display your options, thence tap the foursquare icon to halt recording.
Once your recording has ended, the YouTube app volition opened upward amongst options for saving the video
9. Title the video, add together a description, develop visibility, in addition to trim back the ends (if desired) in addition to save
Check that the channel advert in addition to icon are correct. The video volition last saved to the channel y'all are signed into inward the YouTube app, which may non last the same every bit the channel y'all are signed into inward the YouTube Gaming app.
Before y'all relieve your video, y'all can:
- Add music (tap the musical banknote icon)
- Enhance (tap the magic wand icon) - this shouldn't last necessary
- Trim the ends of the video
- Add a championship - the default is "My [name of selected app] Stream"
- Add a description - the default is "Watch me play [name of selected app]!
- Privacy settings - select private, unlisted or public
- Add tags
Your video volition last uploaded to YouTube in addition to y'all tin teach by your video inward the YouTube Creator Studio app on your mobile device or inward your channel's Video Manager on desktop.
10. Optional: Add a custom thumbnail, annotations, cards captions, customize amongst effects or add together or take video clips
You tin thence customize your video to teach far expect fifty-fifty better:
- YouTube Video Editor: Combine clips, trim, add together music, customize amongst special tools in addition to effects
- Add a custom Thumbnail
- Create in addition to edit annotations
- Add cards
- Add subtitles in addition to closed captions
- Add a branding watermark
What does the finished video expect like?
Here's my kickoff attempt. It's a brief tour of Google+ Page Insights inward the Google My Business app.
Posted past times Peggy K
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