How To Project Android To Windows 10

If you demand to mirror your Android to a Windows 10 PC with Anniversary Update or college, you can exercise it using the Connect app.

There are several ways to bandage your Android screen to a large screen via Google's Chromecast or other set-top devices like Roku. But what if you come across a situation where you need to mirror your Android to a Windows 10 PC? If you're running Windows 10 Anniversary Update edition or college, you tin can do it using the built-in Connect app.

There are a few things to mention about this before we start. Both devices volition need to be connected to the aforementioned network. And while the Connect app is included in Windows 10, your results will vary depending on your mobile device and version of Android it'due south running. The Connect feature uses the Miracast standard.

Then, for this article, I'm using the HTC One M8 which comes with HTC Connect. It supports Miracast as well every bit several other streaming media standards like DLNA and Bluetooth.

Mirror Android to Windows ten

Printing the Windows key and type: connect and choose the trusted Windows Store app event from the pinnacle.

On your Android phone swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen and select the Cast icon and select your PC. Notation that information technology will vary here between devices. On some phones, it volition be a button labeled 'Cast'. Others might say 'Screen Mirroring' or in my case – HTC Connect. If you don't see a cast or mirroring option, yous probably need to edit the quick settings menu and rearrange the icons.

You'll see a connection notification on your smartphone and on your Windows 10 PC in the Connect app window.

Once the connection is established (it should only have a few seconds) you will now see your Android screen displayed in the connect app. You lot can go on information technology in the windowed mode shown beneath, or blow information technology upward by selecting the arrow icon on the title bar.

It'south worth noting that it will display your Android screen in portrait style and landscape if you lot launch an app that supports that such as Netflix which you can see in the example below.

While you probably won't use this method a whole lot. It volition come up in handy if you lot accept something on your Android phone that you want to display to Windows x during a business presentation in a compression, though.

How about you? Take you needed to use this feature or found a good employ for it? Exit a annotate below and tell us about information technology.