- Are you wondering how to mirror your Android to your TV,
your PC or you Mac for live streaming,
for screen recording or just viewing it on a bigger device?
We've got you covered with the best ways to do it
in this complete Android screen mirroring tutorial.
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so lets jump into it.
Now, there's three primary use cases for wanting
to share your Android screen
and we're gonna show you how to do all of them.
It could be tat you're looking to share
over onto a computer for live streaming
or recording walkthroughs.
You could be looking to share your device screen
so that you can monitor things while you're, say,
recording video using the back or the primary camera
on your Android device.
Or you might just be looking at getting your videos
or your games off that tiny screen
and onto a big TV, like maybe in your living room
or a computer screen.
Now, there's actually a few different ways
to do each of them and each way does have
some advantages and disadvantages,
so I suggest sticking around to make sure
that you're getting the easiest option for you.
So getting straight into it, option number one
is to use a screen mirroring software,
like Reflector or AirServer.
And both of those will work whether you're on Mac or PC.
So how this works is you install
Reflector or AirServer on your Mac or PC,
open up that software,
and then, make sure your computer is connected
to the same Wi-Fi network as your Android device.
Then, over on your Android device,
all you need to do is enable screen sharing
or screen mirroring, select your computer from the list,
and then, your phone screen will be mirrored
over onto that computer.
Now, depending on which Android device you're using,
there's a couple of different ways
that you can enable screen mirroring.
On the most recent devices, all you need to do
is swipe down from the top into the notifications panel
and there's most likely an option in there
for screen mirroring or to enable Smart View.
All you need to do is to select that
and then, select your computer.
If you don't have that option,
you can download the Google Home app,
click the account button down
in the bottom right-hand corner,
and then, come down to Mirror device.
Then, select your computer from there.
So at this point, you can then see your phone screen
mirrored wirelessly over on your computer.
Now, what both Reflector and AirServer will let you do
is actually record your phone screen
from within those programs as well.
They also both give you the ability to customize up
your recording quality and recording format
and changing things like the resolution
and the frame rate and the bit rate, the actual quality.
Now, both Reflector and AirServer will actually let you
transmit wirelessly, multiple devices
onto your computer at the same time
and they'll both also work if you've got
iOS devices as well.
Now, you can also use this same method to bring
your Android device into your live streams, as well,
depending on which live streaming software you're using.
Most live streaming software will give you the ability
to either bring in a screen share or to bring in an app
as a screen share into your livestream.
So in most cases, all you need to do
in your live streaming software
is to add a new screen share source
and then, select either Reflector or AirServer
as your source or as the app that you wanna bring in,
and then, your Android device is in there.
So using this method of wirelessly mirroring
your Android device screen onto your computer
is gonna be great if you just wanna
be able to see it on a bigger device,
on your computer screen,
if you want to record it onto the computer as well,
if you're doing a walkthrough or tutorial,
or if you wanna bring into your live streams as well.
Now, there's trial versions available
of both Reflector and AirServer
or you can purchase Reflector for $14.99,
or you can purchase a consumer license
for AirServer for $19.99.
Now, the other thing to be aware of
is that while the quality is good
of wirelessly sharing your phone screen to your computer,
that the quality isn't the best that it could be
if you were doing a screen recording
or a tutorial video where you wanted
the highest quality recording.
For that, I would say you should do
the recording internally on your Android device
and if you're interested in apps
and the process for doing that,
then check out the video linked up in the cards
and I'll put a link in the description as well,
showing you the best Android screen recording apps.
So don't get me wrong,
the quality of using Reflector or AirServer is good,
but it's not as good as recording internally on the device.
Now, as for which one is better, Reflector versus AirServer,
for everything that we've spoken about here,
they're pretty much going to be exactly the same,
but if you do want more advanced features
and more advanced settings and everything,
that's where AirServer has it over Reflector.
But for me, personally, I use Reflector on both Mac and PC.
So that brings us to option number two,
which is for Windows 10 users only.
There is a feature inside of Windows 10 called Miracast
and that's what we're talking about here.
So the process and everything is very similar
to option number one, using Reflector or AirServer,
but instead, we're using a built-in app
that already comes with Windows 10.
So if this fits what you're after,
then you may not need to purchase Reflector or AirServer.
So what Miracast lets you do, once again,
is to wirelessly mirror
your Android device screen onto your PC.
To get it running, you just need to open up
the Miracast app on your PC,
make sure that your Android device
and your PC are on the same network,
and then, your computer will show up
when you go to mirror or share your Android device screen.
So once you've got your Android device mirrored
over onto you PC using Miracast,
then you can use it as a bigger version
of your Android device on your computer screen
or you can even bring it into your live streams,
just the same as you could with Reflector or AirServer.
Now, probably the biggest thing to be aware of
with doing it this way and using Miracast on PC
to wirelessly mirror your phone screen
to your PC is that while it's great to be a larger version
of your Android device
and while it's great to be able to, again,
bring in through screen share your Android device
into your live streams, what you won't have the ability
to do is to record this and save it as a video.
SO there is no recording capabilities
built into Miracast on PC.
So if you're not looking to record
your Android device screen,
then this could be the perfect option for you.
And if you're looking for an option
that doesn't involve a computer at all,
then that's where option number three comes in,
which is using a Chromecast.
So a Chromecast is a little device that's made by Google
that you plug into either your TV in your lounge room,
or even into a computer monitor through HDMI.
You then connect the Chromecast to your Wi-Fi
and make sure that your Android device
is on the same Wi-Fi network.
And then, you can enable screen mirroring
or screen sharing from your Android device
and mirror it over to that Chromecast device
on the big screen.
Now, there is a lot more that a Chromecast will let you do
that we're not gonna jump into,
but just know that a Chromecast is a great way
for you to wirelessly mirror your phone screen
onto a larger device.
Now, using this method, there is no recording capabilities.
You would only wanna be using this to really
just make your Android device screen much bigger
or to wirelessly mirror it onto a TV or a larger monitor.
So that makes it great for playing games,
or watching movies on a bigger screen
wirelessly from your device.
The biggest downside with this method, though,
as we've mentioned with some of the others,
is that because it is run through Wi-Fi,
if you don't have a strong Wi-Fi signal
for either the Chromecast or for your Android device,
then that can give you pretty bad results
or a laggy image or even dropouts.
So that's really the only thing you need to be aware of.
So those are your options for mirroring your Android device
to your TV, to your PC or Mac.
Whether you're looking to live stream or screen record
or just view your Android device on a bigger screen.
Now, if you're looking to get the best quality videos
out of your Android device,
then check out the video we've got linked on screen
and the other video is a recommendation from YouTube.
I have no idea what it is.
I hope it's good.
Lemme know in the comments.
I'll see you in the next one.