Since it launched in July 2015, Windows 10 has offered the ability to mirror your screen to any dongle or device (TV, Blu-ray player) that's compatible with the popular Miracast standard. However, with the August 2016 Anniversary Update, Microsoft's operating system now lets your PC become the wireless display, receiving Miracast signals from a phone, tablet or other Windows 10 laptop or desktop.
If you have a small Windows 10-powered computer -- an Intel Compute stick, for example -- hooked up to your TV, it can now double as a wireless display dongle for your phone or laptop. When you're mirroring from a Windows 10 computer, you can extend rather than duplicate the screen so you can, for example, play a movie on the receiving display while you send emails on the primary one. Just imagine taking a Windows 10 tablet, propping it up next to your laptop and using it as a second monitor on the road.
Intel® WiDi and Intel® Pro WiDi Applications Have Been Discontinued. Now that the Miracast. standard is natively supported in the Microsoft Windows. 8.1 and 10 operating system for wireless display capabilities with strong user experience, Intel is redirecting its resources and focus to future areas of growth. DLNA server on your network will show up in the list so that you can select your computer and stream media files from it. Intel Wireless Display is licensed as freeware for PC or laptop with Windows 32 bit and 64 bit operating system. It is in media servers category and is available to all software users as a free download.
As cool as screen mirroring on Windows 10 is, there are a few caveats. While most modern devices with Wi-Fi have the ability to send out a Miracast signal, compatibility is spotty at best. My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 phone could not project to any Windows 10 PC I tried. And, even if you can connect, sometimes you have to try three or four times before the process works. So be patient. If you accidentally rotated your screen while attempting to extend your display, we have a quick fix for that.
Looking to do screen mirroring on Windows 10? Here's how to turn your Windows 10 PC into a Miracast-capable wireless display:
1. Open the action center. It's represented by the speech bubble icon in the lower right corner of the screen.
2. Click Connect.
3. Click Projecting to this PC.
A settings window appears.
5. Select 'Available Everywhere' or 'Available everywhere on secure networks' from the top pulldown menu.
6. Select 'First time only' or 'Every time' under 'Ask to project to this PC.' I recommend picking 'first time only,' unless you're really worried that some rogue person is going to grab your phone and project to your computer without your permission (and why would they want to?).
I recommend leaving 'Require PIN for pairing' off since you have to grant permission on the receiving computer anyway. You can also decide whether you want your PC to receive projection requests only when it's plugged in.
7. Click Yes when Windows 10 alerts you that another device wants to project to your computer.
The Windows connect app will launch in its own window. You can drag, resize or maximize the window. We found that videos played pretty smoothly in a connection between a Surface Pro 4 and a ThinkPad T440s. Also, if the sending device is a Windows 10 PC and allows it, you can use the keyboard and mouse on the receiving computer to remotely control the sender.
How to Mirror Your Windows 10 Screen to Another Windows 10 Device
Here's how to broadcast your screen from the sending device, if it's a Windows 10 computer. Android devices have different wireless display menus.
1. Open the action center.
2. Click Connect. A list of available receiving devices appears and your other computer should be on it.
3. Select the receiving device. You may have to wait a minute or longer for the devices to pair. It may also fail and you'll need to try again.
4. Toggle 'Allow input' to on if you want to let the receiving device control your PC with its keyboard and mouse.
5. Click 'Change projection mode' and select 'Extend' from the menu that appears if you want to use the wireless display as a second desktop, rather than a mirror of your current desktop.
6. Click Disconnect when you want to terminate your connection.
More Tips
Intel WiDi Media Share makes it extremely easy to share your media content from your laptop to an extended screen! With Intel WiDi Media Share you will be able to browse your music, image and video files on your laptop and with a simple 'flick gesture' share your media files on an extended screen.
The installation file contains the Intel WiDi Media Share Software for Microsoft Windows 7* or Windows 8* 32-bit or 64-bit operating system. This software is for systems that originally sold with Intel Wireless Display software. It is recommended that the correct wireless, graphics drivers, and WiDi software be installed on the PC prior to installing the Intel WiDi Media Share Software.
How to Install:
Confirm that you have the Windows 7 or Windows 8 Home Premium 32-bit or 64-bit operating system. After selecting download from this page and accepting end user license agreement, you will be prompted with a pop up menu. Select save and download the Intel WiDi Media Share installation file to a folder of your choice on your PC. Double click on the Intel® WiDi Media Share installation file to launch installation.
Supported Products:
- Intel Wireless Display (Intel WiDi)
What's New:
- Music files without a thumbnail icon will be presented without an icon
- Taskbar appears on top of the application once WiDi disconnected
- Taskbar show on extended screen while presenting files (can be disabled by right click on taskbar, select properties and unselect 'Show taskbar on all displays' checkbox under taskbar tab) [Windows 8 OS only]
- The message that appears when an image file can't be displayed in an image viewer is displayed in English for all OS languages. If the user does not know English, they will not understand the message.
- Intel WiDi Media Share can be uninstalled while process is open
- Selected file indication disappear after paging on folders and back to previous folder
- When enlarging the window (not to full screen), the app doesn't filling the whole screen
- Changing the presented file name from a different application during presentation in Media Share and trying to present it resolves in a black screen
- During video presentation if computer goes to sleep image is frozen but audio still works
- When disconnection headset while video is presented will return the presented content from extended screen to main screen (only in WiDi connection) 1116 1.0Files sorting in a specific folder is implemented keeping current state as previous selected folder
- When Intel WiDi Media Share is running and a file is presented the extended screen shown as an open window but is unselect able by Alt Tab action
- September 5, 2013
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