What Is iPhone Screen Mirroring: A Complete Guide

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iPhone Screen Mirroring: Basic Overview

As the name suggests, Screen Mirroring allows you to mirror the content of your iPhone’s screen on other devices. What’s more, you can also wirelessly send and play audio from your iPhone to your TV, smart speakers, and other compatible devices. So, it’s more like a 2-in-1 feature—visual + audio.

While gaming, you can use your iPhone’s Screen Mirroring feature to wirelessly project the game to your TV for a bigger (and better) view. And if you’re watching a movie, you can project to your TV so others can join in or enjoy the film on a much bigger display.

Screen Mirroring on your iPhone is powered by an underlying connectivity technology, AirPlay. As such, to wirelessly mirror and send content to your TV (or other devices), both devices must beAirPlay-compatible.

Supported Devices and Platforms

Screen Mirroring works on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and Apple TV (4K and HD). Pretty much all Apple devices that support AirPlay by default.

Note:You can only AirPlay/stream audio from Apple TV to other devices.

Back to the iPhone, you can use screen mirroring to stream video and audio to Apple TV, HomePod, and smart TVs/speakers that support AirPlay. Just look out for a ‘Works with Apple Airplay’ inscription on their packaging or instruction manual.

How to Use Screen Mirroring on iPhone

With AirPlay Compatible Devices

The Airplay protocol that powers the screen mirroring feature requires Wi-Fi to function. To mirror your screen, connect your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV, Smart TV, or other AirPlay-compatible device. Once you have done this, follow the steps below.

Step 1:Swipe down from the top-right corner of your phone’s screen toopentheControl Center. Here, tap onScreen Mirroring. Then,select the deviceto which you want to mirror your phone’s screen.

This should immediately initiate a connection between your iPhone and the device. You should now be able to see the content on your iPhone’s display on your TV screen.

Step 2: Similarly, to stop screen mirroring, open theControl Center, tap the name of thedevice you’re mirroringto, and tapStop Mirroring.

Without AirPlay

If your TV doesn’t have native AirPlay support, some workarounds can help you utilize the Screen Mirroring feature to stream content wirelessly from your iPhone without buying an Apple TV box.

Well, you might have to (buy and) use some other devices to get this done, but hey, they are way cheaper than the Apple TV box.

Using some apps on Google Chromecast, you can wirelessly stream content to your TV via the Screen Mirroring feature. Screen Mirroring from iPhone to TV is alsoachievable with an Android TV boxor streaming device. Users of Windows PCs and laptops also don’t need to buy a Mac to use the screen mirroring on their iPhone. There are tonnes of software that lets you mirror your iPhone to Windows PC for free.

With MacBook

WithmacOS Sequoia, Apple offers a new way to mirror your iPhone onto your MacBook and even seamlessly control it. It elevates iPhone Mirroring capabilities with iOS 18 on the iPhone, offering a fluid ecosystem. We’ll be updating our guide to reflect this, so make sure to check back soon.

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Last updated on 27 June, 2024

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