Microsoft advance it’s Your Phone app, already possible to mirror your notification, photos and messages – for Samsung devices also possible with Link to Windows to mirror the entire screen, now able select with the latest Insider Preview Build 20185 to launch single apps
pin mobile apps to taskbar, Samsung Note20 will even allow running multiple apps, supported devices here
today for free – mirror your iOS device even to chromecast, no need to connect an apple tv your probably already chromecast buildin tv – a lot apps also include chromecast – tab logo to appstore
let’s check how to use display content at a second screen to raise productivity, there are several options to enlarge your screen, the power of your mobile device is most of the time enough to serve multi screen
project, duplicate, extend are availabe options when hit windows key + p to open up charms bar with available options to display wired connected to hdmi or wireless adapter via miracast
to add an unwired further screen like an ipad, andro
id, windows or even another mac – use airdisplay or interesting as a hardware solution lunadisplay
since macos catalina the sidecar extend screen natively with iPad
got it’s own desktop mode when connected via hmdi to a tv, attach keyboard, show presentation direct from your mobile or mirror your mobile screen wireless to miracast or chromecast
continuum is/was a clever system, but HP Elite X3 was the latest device to support it, microsoft finally quite the phone project
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offers wir dex a hadware adapter to connect you samsung mobile to your monitor, keyboard, etc. – looks like combinded version of huawei and continuun, intersting to access from mobile device via dex dock to virtual desktop
blend seamlessly brings messaging and content that’s on your blackberry smartphone to your desktop and tablet
if the is no build in solution, this is problalby the best way that support airplay, miracast, dlna up and up to 4k in a single device
this trend driven further since microsoft shortly announced the android powered surface duo and surface neo both with a buildin second screen – samsung already released a dualscreen device with it’s fold, huawei will maybe following
let’s check the main differences, possiblities, describe examples and how business utilize mirroring, select term:
streaming – casting – mirroring – miracast – airplay – chromecast – amazon – dlna – mirrorshare – samsung – clickshare – chromecast – appletv
streaming
is the technology to get to your data, data needs to be transfered and could directly viewed while transfering, other that simply copy and paste between to places
casting
the content from internet (netflix) goes direct to your tv, optional initiat the connection from your smartphone, you could leave the network without interrupting the stream
mirroring
to display the exact same content at another display, in fact if you leave the wifi the transmissing is broken
miracast
despite from it’s name, miracast is also a screen-mirroring protocol @wikipedia, miracast is vendor independant, integrated in tv or seperate hdmi stick, even windows10 device could mirrored
airplay
is a streaming protocol between apple devices, your able to stream music but also mirror your device screen to an apple tv, other remote controller could “learned” to control apple tv, offer access to apple’s appstore
update: simulate airplay to stream from ios devices to android tv with airreceiver app
chromecast
google offers a lot streaming devices with this name, integrated in every android device, it’s the largest framework, more smart with integration of speakers, similar setup with amazon’s alexa possible, integrated in many apps to watch live tv, stream from you synology nas and for sure in every google app, example in medialibary below
read also: how to configure your synology nas
amazon
offer it’s own devices (fire tv stick) to display it’s own contect (amazon music, prime video), but current device doesn’t support miracast anymore, amazon’s fling as chromecast pendant discontinued, see some fire tv app screens attached below, but with android apps quite powerful to customize
dlna
alliance founded by ease sharing digtal media, handling often not that userfriendly, local app render content to be displayed at a supported dlna device (tv) e.g. allcast app, not mirroring supported
mirrorshare
huawei’s native feature to mirror your device to a connected tv, but mirrorshare support miracast, for chromecast you need to install dedicated google home app
samsung
also samsung got it’s own sharing option – allshare, now called smartview to easily share between samsung camera, samsung laptop, samsung phones, samsung tabs, samsung …
smartcast
vizio updated it’s tv’s with smartcast 3.0, able to stream from any mobile device, native ios support with airplay 2.0, no additional device or dongle needed @blog.vizio
…even more got the challange to guarantee the usability and functionallity
clickshare
is an enterprise solution, stable and expensive, needs to be connected to the device, multiple device can mirror to a tv
chromecast
do not support wpn2 enterprise, no device management possiblities, perfect for private use – no enterprise grade
appletv
enrolled with apple’s device enrol lment program, managed with an emm system, connected to 802.1x wifi networks and restricted with buildin policies, perfect for enterprise with apple devices
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