Android Screenshots

What is Android screenshot sync?

You screenshot all the time: a wifi password, a receipt, a chart someone shared, a recipe, a confirmation number, a post you wanted to keep. Each one mattered in the moment, then sank into a gallery of thousands, ordered by date, far too much to scroll back through. Android screenshot sync brings those screenshots from your phone into Fabric, where they're read, understood, and made findable by what's actually in them. You decide whether to sync them all automatically or hand-pick the ones you want.

What you get when you connect Android screenshots

Connecting your Android screenshots means the things you capture stop vanishing the moment you take them. Your screenshots sync into Fabric, get read by the AI, and join your searchable library, available not only on your phone but on your tablet and the web. A screenshot you grabbed months ago on your phone is findable from your laptop today.

What comes in is up to you. Sync your whole screenshots folder and let it flow in automatically, or choose the ones worth keeping. Whatever arrives in Fabric is searchable by its contents from the moment it lands.

Search screenshots by what's inside them

This is what your gallery can't do. It sorts by date and barely reads what's in an image. Fabric reads both the text in a screenshot and what it shows, so you find it by describing it: "the screenshot with the wifi password," "that bar chart from the deck," "the address someone sent me." Semantic search surfaces the right image without you having labelled a thing.

Because your screenshots share a library with everything else you save, they connect outward too. The screenshot of a quote sits near the article you clipped and the note you wrote on the same idea, since Fabric maps the relationships across everything you keep. You can also point the AI assistant at your screenshots and ask it to pull a detail out of one, or gather the ones related to what you're working on.

When you want to use what's in a screenshot, copy it out

Your synced screenshots are there to find and reference; the originals stay in your Android gallery. When you want to do something with one inside Fabric, build on it, add it to a project, work from the text in it, you copy it into your library. That copy is yours to use however you like, while the original stays untouched on your phone.

How people use it

Designers screenshot interfaces, type, and colour they like, and connect their screenshots so a visual reference turns up when they describe it, rather than being lost in the gallery. It pairs with how Fabric works for designers.

Researchers and students screenshot slides, passages, and figures and bring them into Fabric so they're searchable alongside their reading and notes, as part of a wider study system.

Anyone running their life off their phone screenshots receipts, confirmations, passwords, and addresses, and relies on Fabric to surface the right one by what's in it when it's needed.

Content creators save posts, captions, and references as screenshots and find them again by describing what they showed, instead of hunting the gallery.

The longer you use it, the more it holds. As more of your screenshots flow in and join the rest of your library, Fabric builds a richer map of how everything you capture relates, so what surfaces grows with what you save.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Android screenshots connection do?

It syncs the screenshots from your Android phone into Fabric, where they're read by the AI and made searchable by their contents. You can find any screenshot by the text or the thing inside it, and reach it from all your devices, instead of scrolling your gallery.

Can I search my screenshots by what's in them?

Yes. Fabric reads both the text in a screenshot and what it shows, so you can find it with semantic search by describing its contents, the words on it or what it depicts, without having labelled anything.

Do all my screenshots sync, or can I choose?

Your choice. You can sync your whole screenshots folder automatically, or pick the ones you want to bring into Fabric.

Can I edit my screenshots inside Fabric?

The synced screenshots are read-only in Fabric, and the originals stay in your Android gallery. When you want to work with one, you copy it into your library, and the copy is yours to use and build on however you like.

Does connecting this change or delete my photos?

No. Your screenshots stay in your Android gallery exactly as they are. Fabric brings in a synced, searchable copy and never alters or removes anything on your phone.

Are my screenshots available on my other devices?

Yes. Once synced, your screenshots live in your Fabric library, which is on every device, so they're on your tablet and the web as well as your phone, with search that works the same everywhere.

Can the AI assistant work with my screenshots?

Yes. The AI assistant can pull a detail out of a screenshot or gather the ones related to what you're working on, alongside the rest of your library.

Is my screenshot data secure in Fabric?

Everything in Fabric is encrypted in transit and at rest, with AES-256 encryption on stored content. The details are in the privacy and security guide and Fabric's privacy commitment.

Is there an iPhone version of this?

Yes. Fabric has an iOS screenshots connection that works the same way for screenshots taken on an iPhone or iPad.

Does Fabric work with other tools alongside my screenshots?

Yes. Android screenshots is one of many connections. You can also bring in Google Drive, Dropbox, Notion, and Gmail, and search across them all together.

How is this different from searching in Google Photos?

Google Photos sorts by date and does only limited reading of what's in an image. Fabric reads both the text and the content of each screenshot, searches them by meaning, and connects them to the rest of what you've saved, so you find the one you want by describing it rather than scrolling.