Applications to use your tablet as a secondary screen

Tablets are a device that little by little have managed to gain a foothold in the market. They are possibly the ideal medium for consuming audiovisual content, although not so much for working. At least on paper. But the truth is that a tablet can be an ideal complement when working. How can we achieve that?

Applications to use your tablet as a secondary screen

We can use our tablet as a secondary screen. By using the tablet in this way we are gaining space on the laptop. This can be extremely useful if we are using an application we are working on that offers us more than one function. Thus, we can have on the tablet Twitter or Facebook open, or a chat application or our email, if we need to communicate with other people while working on a document. While we use the desktop or laptop to work, we use the tablet to communicate.

It can be an extremely useful function. In order to use it as a secondary screen we do not need to connect a tablet and PC. There are applications that make this possible in a very comfortable and simple way. Which greatly facilitates the work that we have to do. Currently there are quite a few applications available that allow us to do this, but there are two that stand out above the rest.

Therefore, below we leave you with a description of these two applications to use our tablet as a secondary screen. In this case, both are compatible with Android and iOS, but we can find exclusive applications for both operating systems.

Air Display: Android and iOS

The first of these applications is Air Display, an application that is available for both iOS and Android. In the case of the Apple operating system it has a cost of 8.99 euros. For Android it is somewhat cheaper, in this case 3.99 euros. In both cases we have to also install an application on our PC, although the latter is free.

Air Display requires that both the tablet and the computer be connected to the same WiFi network. This can cause the speed of the equipment to be somewhat affected. It seems to be especially noticeable in the case of Android tablets. Thanks to this application we can carry out a series of additional functions. We can rotate the screen of the tablet and also use it as a drawing tablet. So for users who work with graphics or design on a regular basis it can be a good option to consider.

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One of the main problems of the application is its high consumption of resources, something that will be very noticeable on the tablet. Also if we want to play a video in the application it can go a little slow.

iDisplay: Android and iOS

Do not be fooled by its name, because this application is compatible with both Android and iOS devices. Again it is a paid application, although in this case its price is very similar for both operating systems. Around 4 euros in both cases. As with the previous application, iDisplay requires us to install an application on the laptop or desktop computer.

This application allows us to pass a part of the screen or the whole to the tablet, so we can use it in a tactile way. Furthermore, we can even use it with our smartphone. Thus turning our smartphone into the secondary screen. It also allows us to rotate the screen. In this case we can connect both devices via USB or with WiFi, whichever is more comfortable for you.

It is a good solution for both home and professional environments, as it helps us to distribute our work efficiently and comfortably. In addition, it is easy to use, so any user can use it with total comfort and free of problems.

These two options are the best we can find currently available. There was an exclusive Android application called Screenslider, but the studio that made it has disappeared, so it is no longer possible to download it. In some pages we can still find the APK of this application, but it would be impossible for us to use it, since we also need an application that must be installed on the computer. Something that we can no longer find.

We hope that these two applications have been useful to you.