Screenshots on Android may soon see an upgrade. For a while, Google has been working on including URLs to shared screenshots. A reference to this ability was first spotted two years back with Android 14. The latest Android Canary release reportedly brings the ability to include URLs to captured screenshots when sharing them. We now get a glimpse of this in action.
Screenshots on Android may see an upgrade
Android Authority has spotted the ability to add URLs to captured screenshots. When you take a screenshot in a supported app and tap the share button, you will see the usual sharing sheet. Here, there’s now an option to attach a web link to the screenshot by ticking the “include link” box. The link is automatically added without needing users to copy it first.
The functionality reportedly works for screenshots taken in Google Chrome , YouTube, and Telegram. It’s possible that more apps might support this new function. This makes it convenient to share links, which otherwise would require users to manually copy/paste text from the source app.
The feature is present in the latest Android Canary release
The text in the sharing sheet also changes from sharing image to sharing image with a link when you choose to add a link by ticking the box. This feature is quite useful if you have a screenshot with a link, which you can access later when needed. Since it’s present in the Android Canary build, the feature could be under testing with a closed group at the moment. There’s a chance that the ability to include links with screenshots may or may not find its way to the general public.
