Mirroring your iPhone screen
With Pro, your iPhone screen appears on the TV, over your Wi-Fi. Nothing goes through the internet.
- Open the More menu and choose Mirror.
- Pick a quality: Smoother (720p, 24 fps) for older TVs that stutter, Balanced (720p, 30 fps) for most TVs, or Sharper (1080p, 30 fps) for strong Wi-Fi.
- Tap Start Mirroring. iOS shows its screen broadcast panel: choose Mirror to TV and Start Broadcast.
- The app asks the TV to play your screen. It's a few seconds behind your iPhone.
You can also start it from Control Center: touch and hold Screen Recording, choose Mirror to TV, then Start Broadcast.
Good to know
- Sound stays on your iPhone, so picture and sound stay in sync.
- iOS pauses mirroring while your iPhone is locked; the TV keeps the last picture.
- Notifications appear on the TV too. Turn on a Focus if you like.
- If the TV can't start the stream by itself, the app shows an address: open the TV's web browser with the remote and type it in (compatibility mode).
- To stop, tap Stop in the app, or the red status indicator at the top of the screen.
Which TVs show the stream
Google TV, Chromecast and Roku play it directly. Samsung, LG, Sony and other TVs that can't play a live stream from the app show it in their web browser (compatibility mode). If your TV has AirPlay, Screen Mirroring in Control Center has less delay; see AirPlay TVs.
Black screen in Netflix and other streaming apps
Paid streaming apps use copy protection (DRM), which blocks screen mirroring from any phone. Open the streaming app on the TV itself instead; see Black screen when mirroring Netflix and others.