It turned out to be easy and fairly reliable. There are reports that for people with a Windows phone, Connect can go further and allow the phone to be controlled by the connected computer. I expect that people will find other valuable uses for themselves. Is this useful? If you want to see photos on a larger screen and you don’t have a smart TV, then indeed it would be. It creates a window to which other devices can mirror their screens. This differs from the Connect box, in that it receives screen data instead of sending it. The new thing with the new Windows 10 is the ‘Connect’ app. Fire up either of these and a list of available displays will be presented. As for WiDi, on Windows 10 computers it’s available under the ‘Connect’ box at the bottom of the notification bar. On Samsung devices it’s available on the swipe down menu as ‘Quick connect’. With Android 6.0 Google has dropped support for Miracast, leaving it to phone vendors to provide it themselves. Over time, it does seem to have been getting more reliable. So, all very convenient.Īs I’ve indicated, this has sometimes been an iffy proposition.
In addition, with Windows computers, once a connection was established, the smart TV could be changed from simply mirroring the computer screen to becoming a second screen. This has been useful for doing such things as showing photos on a smartphone to a larger group of people, or displaying business presentations, using a large TV. What both in effect do is connect a portable device with a larger display as though with a HDMI cable, but wirelessly. When Miracast appeared, WiDi was extended to include support for Miracast. The schemes used have been Miracast (Android) and WiDi (Windows). some network Blu-ray players) attached to the same network. Screen Mirroringįor some years Android and some Windows devices have been able to mirror their screens wirelessly to some smart TVs and other consumer devices (eg. For iOS and Macs, things are different and typically require an Apple TV to use with Airplay. Start that app and the computer becomes discoverable to portable devices capable of sharing their screens with other devices, typically using Miracast.Īt this point I should pause to make it clear that we’re talking about wireless connectivity between Windows and Android devices. But if you like the idea of mirroring your portable device’s screen to a larger display, with Windows 10 your computer can now become that larger display.īy Windows 10, I mean version 1607, or the Anniversary Version, now presently rolling out to Windows 10 computers around the world. Other devices don’t, and there seems to be no discernible pattern as to why.
In my office, some devices work with others.
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