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It’s been a very busy week for Google, as we were not only treated to a ton of announcements at Google I/O 2026, but also had Wear OS 7 and Android 17 QPR1 Beta 3 drop alongside. We’ve been digging through the QPR release to find new features, and we’ve spotted two new buttons that will help users who take a lot of screenshots — but perhaps not on their phones.
In Android 17 QPR1 Beta 3, we managed to enable two new icons/buttons in the screenshot overlay. These are “Copy to clipboard” and “Open in folder.”
As the name implies, the “Copy to clipboard” icon copies the screenshot to your clipboard, allowing you to paste it directly into other apps that support pasting images into text input fields. Since the screenshot resides in your clipboard (until pasted or cleared), you can also see it as an option in keyboard apps that suggest clipboard contents.
Note that Gboard already has a built-in feature that users can enable to show recent screenshots, so this feature will be useful for other keyboard apps.
The “Open in folder” icon opens the screenshots folder in the built-in Files app (not to be confused with the Files by Google app).
When we enabled these two icons, we lost the option to take a long screenshot, as it no longer appears after taking a screenshot. The most plausible reason for this anomaly is that the “Copy to clipboard” and “Open in folder” options aren’t meant to appear on phones, but instead on big screen devices like tablets or Aluminium OS-powered Googlebooks and laptops. In fact, we also see the two options in the Aluminium OS build leak, further adding weight to the theory.
For now, Google hasn’t shared information on these two new icons — what devices they are intended for and when they will roll out. We will keep you updated when we learn more.
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