ANDROID · SHARE SHEET
Save X videoson Android.
Android does not fight you the way iOS does — Chrome saves straight to Downloads and the gallery picks it up. Paste and go, or wire it into the share sheet and skip the browser.
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01 · SHARE
Copy from the X app
Share → Copy link. Or share directly into XDL if you have the app installed.
02 · PASTE
Tap PASTE
Android grants clipboard access on a tap, so the field fills itself. No long-press dance.
03 · GALLERY
Downloads, then Photos
Chrome saves to Downloads and the media scanner indexes it, so it shows up in your gallery on its own.
Browser or app on Android
The browser route needs nothing installed and handles the occasional clip perfectly. Chrome writes to Downloads, Android's media scanner indexes the file, and it appears in Photos or your gallery app within seconds.
The app is worth it only if you save often: it registers in the system share sheet, so a post goes from the X app to a saved file without a browser in the middle. Premium is a one-off 1.99 — there is no subscription and no ad wall in the free path.
Questions
- Does the file show up in my gallery?
- Yes, once Android's media scanner indexes it — usually immediately. If not, open Downloads and the file is there.
- Is the app required?
- No. Chrome does the whole job. The app only adds share-sheet saving.
- Any ads in the free path?
- No ads and no countdown. That is the entire reason this exists.
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