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Does Surface RT or Surface Pro support Miracast (wireless display)?
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Hi SuperRob503,
Thank you for your question. No, Surface does not have support for Miracast wireless display. You can however use the video out display with either a VGA or HDMI cable to display on a bigger screen or monitor.
Please let us know if you have further questions.
Thanks,!
The original Surface RT does not support Miracast, so NO.
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:37:43 +0000, leopardo1984 wrote:
>>Hi there. My question is with regard of the Microsoft wireless display adapter. I wonder whether this device is compatible or works with projector supporting HDMI
The original Surface RT does not support Miracast. Therefore the Microsoft
Wireless Display Adapter and other branded adapters will not work.
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Use an HDMI cable.
How can I get a wireless display adapter that will work with my surface RT since it will not support miracast I tried a V-linker but Microsoft does not support an app for that device. What products will work with the surface RT that Microsoft has an app for?
Microsoft does not have any apps that support mirroring from the Surface RT. As you know, Miracast is not supported on the Surface RT (original). I'm not aware of any hardware vendors that have alternative mirroring dongles that have modern apps to allow you to use them with a Surface RT.
Trying to get MS Wireless Display Adapter to work with Surface tablet. There is no option under Devices -> Project -> for Add a wireless display. I have all the updates. I have restarted Surface. Still no option. Help, please!
Turns out that the Surface RT is not compatible with the MSWireless Display Adapter.
Hi,
no the Surface RT doesn't support Miracast
Ralf
Greetings Luca Bino,
That page is for Windows in general, but is not specific to Surface. Please see the article here, specifically:
Connect Surface 2 to a wireless display With Surface 2, you can connect to some displays wirelessly. (This isn't available for Surface RT.)
Hello Sporosarcina,
Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback with us. I will pass this along to the appropriate parties.
-Javan
It sees your laptop there because it is a network device utilizing the TCP/IP protocol.
Greetings Cpuzder,
The Surface does not have WiDi, though I am curious to why it is seeing your Laptop in devices. Can you give us a screenshot of it?
Hi,
Stay tuned for updates!
The Surface RT does not have the specs to support WiDi.
The Surface Pro seems to have the specs to support WiDi.
Intel i5 with HD Graphics
Surface Specifications - set to Surface with Windows 8 Pro
http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/surface-with-windows-8-pro/specifications
Intel - How to Connect Laptop to TV with Intel® Wireless Display (WiDi)
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/intel-wireless-display.html
Intel® Wireless Display - System requirements for the Intel® Wireless Display
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wtech/iwd/sb/CS-031059.htm
Hope this helps.
Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP <- profile - Windows Expert - Consumer : Bicycle <- Mark Twain said it right!
Here is how I understand things to be.
Surface RT does not support Miracast out of the box. However, Tegra 3 supports Miracast, and Windows RT likely supports Wifi Direct (Not 100% sure on this part.) Miracast is implemented through WiFi Direct, so if Windows RT does support WiFi Direct, then there is no reason it couldn't do Miracast. At this point, a single developer may be able to bake it into an app (assuming the SDK supports this in some way). However, for it to be truly useful, it would have to be baked into the OS (similar to Play To), which is up to Microsoft.
I believe Surface Pro will support it out of the box due to it having an Intel Core i5 which should support Intel WiDi and Miracast. This support will be provided by Intel and not directly through Microsoft.
tl,dr: Surface RT will not support it until Microsoft bakes support into the OS. Surface Pro should support it out of the box (I think).
Edit: Forgot to mention that Windows has supported WiFi Direct since Windows 7. I'm just not 100% sure it is supported in Windows RT. I assume it is, but I haven't looked at the documentation.
