Check your Miracast receivers’s documentation to check if your device is officially supported, or if it’s known to have problems with your specific receiver.Once you've connected another screen to your Surface, you can choose what to display on each screen.
For example, Roku’s website provides a list of devices that have been officially tested and certified to work with their Miracast implementation. This is something that shouldn’t be necessary with an open standard like Miracast, but something that does sadly seem to be necessary.
You may need to check that your receiver officially and explicitly supports the exact device you’re trying to use to cast to it. In practice, Miracast is often clunky and buggy. This should simplify things, but Miracast-enabled devices often refuse to work together or have issues with playback glitches and dropped streams even after they connect. Issues with your home network or router shouldn’t even be a factor. Miracast uses Wi-Fi Direct, so the devices don’t even have to be on the same network to communicate with each other. If your computer, smartphone, or tablet supports Miracast and you have a Miracast receiver nearby, it should be this easy. Pull down with two fingers from the top of your screen to open Quick Settings, tap the Cast Screen button, and you’ll see a list of nearby devices you can cast to. You can also cast from the Quick Settings screen if you’ve enabled the wireless display feature under Cast Screen. Pull down the notification shade at the top of your screen and tap the Disconnect button to stop casting your screen. A notification will appear, providing a visible indication that you’re casting your screen. Tap the device to connect and begin casting your screen. If your MIracast receiver is powered on and nearby, it should appear in the list. Your phone will scan for nearby Miracast devices and display them in a list under Cast Screen. Tap the Menu button at the top of your screen and select Enable wireless display. (You can also cast to Chromecast devices from here, although those don’t use the Miracast protocol.) Scroll down on the Display screen and tap Cast Screen. We performed this process with a Nexus 4 running Android 4.4.4.įirst, open your device’s settings screen - that’s the Settings app in your app drawer.
Android devices do need the appropriate hardware, so your Android phone or tablet may not support Miracast - especially if it’s an old device that’s been updated to the latest versions of Android. Miracast is available on Android devices with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and newer versions of Android.
RELATED: How to Play Android Games on Your TV with a Chromecast Miracast receivers you’ve added appear under Projectors on this screen. To scan for nearby Miracast receivers, tap Add a device.
Click or tap the Change PC settings link at the bottom of the Settings charm to access it. These options are also available in PC Setting. To disconnect from the wireless display, open the Devices charm, tap or click the Project option, and click the Disconnect button under the wireless display.
To actually project to a Miracast device, tap or click the Add a wireless display option and select the device in the list. If you see an “Add a wireless display” option, your computer supports Miracast.