Windows 10: Connect to Wireless Display with Miracast on Windows 10 Mobile Phone

How to: Connect to Wireless Display with Miracast on Windows 10 Mobile Phone

How to Connect to a Wireless Display with Miracast on Windows 10 Mobile Phone


Information Miracast is a wireless technology your Windows 10 Mobile phone can use to project your screen to wireless TVs, projectors, and streaming media players that also support Miracast. You can use this to share what you’re doing on your phone, present a slide show, or even play your favorite game on a larger screen.

This tutorial will show you how to project your Windows 10 Mobile phone screen to a wireless TV, projector, or streaming media player with Miracast.



Note The device (TV, projector, or streaming media player) must support Miracast, and have Miracast turned on. To see if your device supports Miracast, you will need to check its manual to see if it's a supported feature.




Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (Action Center) or step 3 (Settings) below for how you would like to open Connect.


2. Swipe down from the top of your phone to open Action Center, tap on the Connect button, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)




3. Open Settings on the Windows 10 Mobile phone, and tap on System. (see screenshot below)




A) Tap on Display. (see screenshot below)



B) Tap on the Connect to a wireless display link, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)




4. Do step 5 (connect) or step 6 (disconnect) below to either connect to or disconnect from a wireless display.


5. To Connect to a Wireless Display
A) Tap on the wireless display you want to project to. (see screenshot below)





6. To Disconnect from a Wireless Display


Note If you move your phone beyond the range of the wireless display (such as to another room), or power off your phone, the two devices will automatically disconnect.


A) Click/tap on the Disconnect button for the wireless display you want to stop projecting to. (see screenshot below)





That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Connect to a Wireless Display with Miracast in Windows 10
• How to Project to this PC from Windows 10 Mobile Phone

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miracast wireless adaptor not connecting

Hi Jamie,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing with connecting to the external monitor on Windows 10, we will help you with this issue.

This issue might have occurred due to corrupted/ outdated display adapter drivers after upgrading to Windows 10. Try the below and check if it helps.

Step 1: Uninstall the Wireless Display Driver.

• Press Windows key + X key when you are at desktop.
• Select Device Manager.
• Expand Display Adapter.
• Right on the Display Adapter and click on
  Uninstall.
• Restart the computer.

Step 2: Update
Wireless Display Driver.

• Press Windows key + X key when you are at desktop.
• Select Device Manager.
• Expand Display Adapter.
• Right on the Display Adapter and click on
  Update driver software.

Also refer to: Fix connections to Bluetooth audio devices and wireless displays

And, Project to a wireless display with Miracast

(Applies to Windows 10 as well)

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

 

Connect to Wireless Display with Miracast in Windows 10


Nice tutorial Shawn!

I'm happy that Anniversary Update seems to have solved connectivity issues with Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter, it was before like a lottery to try to connect to it, sometimes you won but often not. Now with 14393.10 it connects every time, keeping the connection alive.

Just one small inconvenience: is there a way to change display properties defaults? In my case when connecting to wireless display from this laptop, I need it to be left from laptop display but it will always be placed to right. See screenshot, display 1 is laptop, #2 is external display, #3 MS Wireless Display. I would need it to be placed when connected last at left:




Now I need to move it manually every time in Settings.

Additional question is there a way to make it connect automatically whenever I sign in?

 

Windows 10 and Miracast what's going wrong?

A couple of months after I tried the TH2 update for Windows 10 that broke my ability to use miracast with my Intel Wireless-AC 7260 (Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I), it went wrong yesterday all of a sudden my pc couldn't fint my Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter again, i found my laptop i use at work with Windows 8.1 Pro it find and connect my MWDA without a problem, then I firmware updated my MWDA and it still not helping.

Now I tried updating my Windows with the "MediaCreationTool.exe" so i am now running Windows 10 Pro Version 1511 (OS Build 10586.36) and I still can't find my MWDA, but i can connect and use wireless and bluetooth no problem, so i guess it's just not gonna happen for me to use miracast with my desktop pc *Frown

I haven't had all these problems in Windows 8.1 Pro it's like Microsoft broke miracast with Windows 10 and there is a lot of threads about miracast problems, yet I haven't found a solution that works for me.

So if anyone got smth I can try to get it to work I will be happy, and I have already tested several drivers from Intel same thing, no Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter found.

 

Can’t Connect to Wireless Display

Hello,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand your concern, we will look into this for you. However, in order to get clarity of the issue and assist you with appropriate steps, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

• What is the current build of Windows 10 you are using on your computer? You can refer this article to
  
  Check for the operating system information in Windows 10.
  

• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so for?
  

I suggest you to refer this article
Fix connections to wireless displays or docks and check with the issue.





The issue could also be specific to some systems including Dell XPS as the following article describes it. Please follow the instructions as given in the link.

Miracast Users May Encounter issues
while connecting to wireless devices



Refer this article to know more about the
Connection TV to PC.



Hope it helps.



Regards,

Noor Azam S

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

wireless display adapter model 1628

Hi Rudy,

Connecting to a wireless display requires a device that supports Miracast. For us to identify the cause of this issue, please answer the below questions:

• What is the exact error message that you have encountered?
• What is the build number and version of your Windows?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest performing the given steps on this article:
Fix connections to wireless displays or docks.

We look forward for your response.