▷ What is miracast windows 10

Surely you have heard of Miracast technology, among other things that is why you will be reading this. If you want to know if your device is compatible with Miracast Windows 10 and also learn how to use it, don't miss this tutorial.

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What is Miracast

Miracast Windows 10 is a wireless technology that is used to connect screens to our computer wirelessly. Thanks to this we can go to our PC screens from different devices such as a Television, a Smartphone, and in general everything capable of supporting this technology.

Most state-of-the-art devices such as laptops, Smart TVs, and mobiles are capable of supporting this technology, so you may have a chance to use it and may not even know it. Obviously it will be necessary to have a wireless connection in our devices to be able to share the screen between them.

How to know if I can use Miracast Windows 10

It happens to know if our team supports Miracast Windows 10 we will have several options. Keep in mind that in addition to the operating system having support for it, you will also need a wireless connection.

• One of the ways to check if our system supports Miracast is through the DirectX diagnostic tool. The first thing we have to do is go to our start menu. Here we will write the command "dxdiag" and press

• A window will appear with a series of informative elements of the properties of our system. What we will have to do is click on the "Save information" button. We choose a directory to store them and click OK, then we will go to where we have stored the text file and open it.

We are looking for a line that says Miracast. It is in this appears the status of Available, it means that our system support this technology. But this is not all, Windows 10 supports technology natively, but what about our physical equipment?

We already anticipate that you will need to have a wireless connection in it. This means that most current laptops will support it.

To find out if we can execute the connection we are now going to go to the Windows 10 configuration panel.

• We go to the start menu and click on the "configuration" cogwheel. Then we enter the System options and the " screen" section. In the "various screens" section, a link should appear saying: "Connect to a wireless projection". If this does not appear to us, it means that our team does not have that possibility.

And here is the difference between a team with Miracast and another without it.

Connect a device with Miracast Windows 10

From the previous configuration window, click on the link "Connect to a wireless projection".

A window will appear on the right side of our desktop. Surely it doesn't detect anything yet. For this we will do the following:

• We click on the option "Projection on this equipment"

We will see another configuration window where we will have to allow other devices to connect. If your network is a normal domestic type, we will display the first tab and choose the option "Available everywhere".

Let's look at the name of the PC to locate it on other devices. Do not pay too much attention to the warning in red letters that you give us. This warning means that our PC is not specifically designed to fully support this technology. In which case we could experience Lag problems in the connection or it may fall off at certain times. Still, it will possibly work.

The next step to do is go to the device to which we want to send your screen to our PC. In this case we will use an Android Smartphone.

• We open its settings and look for the Miracast option. Normally it will be located in the Only we will have to give it to activate and our mobile will begin to search for other devices.

When the name of our computer appears we click on it to start the connection.

Now on our computer we will be notified that another device wants to make a connection with us. Click on "Yes"

Immediately a black background window will open with the image of our mobile screen projected on it.

As you see on the mobile in your notification bar, the active Miracast symbol will appear, which means that the screen is being shared.

Miracast is an interesting solution for with several devices connected through the screen. For example, we could watch or work with our computer from the screen of a Smart TV, or watch our favorite content.

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