Screen Mirroring is a wireless technology that allows you to switch the media – or cast it – that’s playing on your smaller Android, Windows, or Apple device to a larger one instead for a better viewing experience.
That larger device is usually a television or media projector, often one you have set up in the media or living room of your home. Media you can cast includes but is not limited to personal photos and slideshows, music, videos, games, and movies, and can originate from the internet or an app like Netflix or YouTube.
To use screen mirroring, both devices have to meet a few minimum requirements. The phone or tablet you want to cast from must support screen mirroring and be able to send out data. The TV or projector you want to cast to must support screen mirroring and be able to capture and play that data.
With regard to the television, there are two broad technologies. You can either cast to a newer, smart TV or projector that has screen mirroring built in or you can purchase a media streaming device and connect it to an available HDMI port on an older TV. Because the data arrives wirelessly and over your home network, that TV or the connected media stick will have to be configured to connect to that network as well.
That larger device is usually a television or media projector, often one you have set up in the media or living room of your home. Media you can cast includes but is not limited to personal photos and slideshows, music, videos, games, and movies, and can originate from the internet or an app like Netflix or YouTube.
To use screen mirroring, both devices have to meet a few minimum requirements. The phone or tablet you want to cast from must support screen mirroring and be able to send out data. The TV or projector you want to cast to must support screen mirroring and be able to capture and play that data.
With regard to the television, there are two broad technologies. You can either cast to a newer, smart TV or projector that has screen mirroring built in or you can purchase a media streaming device and connect it to an available HDMI port on an older TV. Because the data arrives wirelessly and over your home network, that TV or the connected media stick will have to be configured to connect to that network as well.
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