The required connection will be established. The PC will search for nearby devices to cast onto. Here you will come across the same process. Alternatively, if you cannot locate the action center of your PC, simply go to your PC settings and click on ‘Devices’.Ħ. Click on that device and click ‘Connect’.ĥ. If Miracast is switched on for the device you are trying to cast onto, it will appear here. It will automatically start searching for Wireless devices near you. On opening it, you will find ‘Connect Device’ among several other options.Ĥ. The action center is located just beside the date and time display on the Windows Search bar of your desktop. Microsoft allows you to Miracast from the device itself.Ģ.
With Windows 8.1 or higher, you need not go through the hassle of downloading an emulator. If your PC runs on Windows 8.1 or higher, follow the steps laid here:ġ. Once the connection is established, you will be able to see the emulator screen of your PC replicated on the connected device. You need to keep on trying if that happens or repeat the process afresh.ħ. The connection sometimes takes longer than usual and fails several times. Once you locate that device, click on the device name and press Connect. If the device you want to pair with also has its casting option switched on, it will appear here.Ħ. The screen will show all the available devices. Your device will now search for nearby Miracast signal enabled devices to cast its screen upon. On doing so, you have now activated your device’s Miracast settings.ĥ. Click on ‘Enable wireless display’ from the list. On clicking it, a drop-down list will show up. On the top right-hand corner, you will find a menu. At the end of the list, you will find the ‘Cast’ option.Ĥ. You will see a list of options under Display. Navigate to the ‘Device’ option and click it. After your launch your Emulator, you will find the settings icon on the home page. Steps to turn on the Screen Mirroring feature on your Emulatorġ.
Once downloaded, set up and install the emulator on your Windows PC. You can download BlueStacks or NoxPlayer as both of these are widely used and reliable emulators.ģ. It has its own AirPlay feature to mirror screens between Apple devices.Ģ. Do not download an iOS emulator as Apple does not support Miracast. The version should be between 4.2 – 5.1.1 (that is Androids Jelly Bean, KitKat, and Lollipop).
Make sure the emulator you are downloading is an Android one.
How to Download an Emulator for Windows 10ġ. It uses other techniques of screen mirroring windows 10 technologies. Care needs to be taken that Android 6.0 Marshmallow is not downloaded as this version does not have Miracast. NOTE: During some Windows updates computers or laptops running the versions N or KN the Media Feature Pack may need to be reinstalled after the update.To be able to use Miracast on those devices, an emulator can be downloaded that has an Android version 4.2 or higher. Wireless Display: This feature does not work.The excluded technologies include, but are not limited to, the following features: Windows 10 N includes the same functionality as other Windows 10 editions, except for Windows Media Player and related technologies. This feature pack can be applied to computers running Windows 10 N editions. End-user customers can enable the media functionality to work properly by installing the Media Feature Pack for N versions of Windows 10 (KB4039813). Windows 10 N editions include the same functionality as Windows 10, except that these versions of Windows do not include Windows Media Player and related technologies. If you have one of the N or KN versions you can download and install the Media Feature Pack from the link below. Look for the section that says “System Information” like the image below under the System tab.You will see the “DirectX Diagnostic Tool” box open up.
But there are also different versions of these editions like the N or KN versions that Microsoft created for sale in other countries, and those versions do not include Windows Media Feature Pack by default and wireless display/Miracast will fail to connect without it. Windows 10 comes in different editions like Home, Professional, and Education. This article applies to the following ScreenBeam products: