Play around with this feature and let me know if you find a good use for it. Once connected, your smartphone screen will be displayed in the Connect app on your Windows 10 PC.You’ll see that things are progressing immediately with a connection notification on your Android smartphone.(if you’re running earlier versions of Android, this option might say “Cast”)

Pull down the notification drawer on your Android smartphone and choose Screen Mirroring and then tap the host PC name shown in the Connect app on your PC.This will be used next on your smartphone) The app will launch and wait for connections. Locate the Connect app on your Windows 10 device and run it.Here’s how to mirror your Android screen to the Windows 10 Anniversary Update Connect app. Microsoft has dug a very deep hole for itself in the mobile space. It’s amazing to me that Microsoft’s apps actually work better on Android than on Windows Phone/Mobile and that the Android ecosystem has outpaced Windows on such a grand scale since that last time I used an Android handset (4 years ago). I’m supplying the Android instructions here, since I’ve recently given up on Windows for smartphones – like many others I’ve heard from. So, maybe just keep this tip to yourself. But, of course, we all also know that showing this to family or friends means you’ll probably have to support it when it doesn’t work. Notably, this feature doesn’t work for iOS and the host device must support Miracast.Īdmittedly, this is a neat feature, but why might you want to do something like this? If you’re like me, you’re still trying to concoct a good reason other than to wow your friends and family. Let’s call this feature the “poor-man’s Continuum.” But, more importantly, it gives Android users something that has been solely constrained to Windows devices – the ability to mirror smartphone and tablet screens to Windows 10. Make your musical world even more exciting. The Connect app in Windows 10 Anniversary Update gives smartphone users the ability to “cast” their screens to a PC or laptop running Microsoft’s latest version of its ever-evolving operating system. There are a wide variety of capabilities like the Link function that lets you play the same song in different rooms simultaneously and the ability to freely customize the room screen with your own pictures.

Windows 10 cast app