TUTORIALS Remote displays
Use your mobile as a secondary display
DESKREEN
Nick Peers reveals how to display your desktop on your phone, tablet or laptop’s WebRTC-capable browser.
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Nick Peers loves smart solutions like this, which enable you to find additional uses for the technology you own – even those supposedly obsolete devices gathering dust in the corner.
Not everyone has the desk space – never mind the finances – to afford the luxury of a dualmonitor setup. Adding a second display can, however, revolutionise the way you use your PC.
Deskreen is a free application that provides a clever workaround to this problem, one that makes it possible for you to view multiple windows at once across additional displays without spending anything. Simply put, it enables you to convert other devices, including phones, tablets, laptops, and even smart TVs, into a secondary display for your computing tasks.
Deskreen makes it possible to view selected desktop applications (or your entire desktop) via your tablet or phone.
This display can easily mirror your entire desktop so that you can monitor your PC remotely, or you can use it to view a specific program’s content alongside your main display. Armed with the right know-how (see the box, below), you can even use it to extend your desktop for even greater flexibility.