SHARE YOUR PHONE USING ROKU MIRRORING

Roku Mirroring

If you haven’t already heard, Roku recently released a feature that enables you to mirror your Android and Windows smart phone to your TV through the Roku%203 Streaming Media PlayerRoku 3, andRoku Streaming Stick. Currently, this feature is in beta meaning that they are still working out the bugs. Additionally, this beta is specific to Roku owners in the US, and UK. If you are wondering how this is done, read on! Follow the steps below and you will be mirroring your smart phone to your TV in no time!

  1. Verify that the screen mirror is enabled on your Roku player. From the navigation menu:
    1. Go to Settings
    2. Go to Screen mirroring
    3. Verify that the “Enable screen mirroring” is checked
  2. Verify that your Android/Windows device and Roku are connected to the same wireless network
Roku Mirroring

 Android Devices (The screen shots below are from the Samsung%20Galaxy S4, White Frost 16GB (AT&T)Samsung Galaxy S4 but the steps should be similar on any Android device).

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Select Connections
  3. Select Screen Mirroring
  4. Verify that Screen Mirroring is set to “ON
  5. Select Scan
  6. Select your Roku device
Roku Mirroring
Roku Mirroring
Roku Mirroring

Windows Devices (The screen shots below are from the Nokia%20Lumia%20920 RM-820 32GB AT&T Unlocked GSM 4G LTE Windows 8 OS Smartphone – BlackNokia Windows Phone but the steps should be similar on all Windows devices).

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Select “project my screen”
  3. Select your Roku device
Roku Mirroring
Roku Mirroring
Roku Mirroring

If you did everything correctly, you will now be mirroring your smart phone to your TV.

Go have fun! Once you have had time to play around with this new Roku feature, let us know what you think. We want to know your thoughts: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Tell us in the comment section below.