How to Screen Mirror Android to PC & Mac

Step 1 Run Phone Mirror on your PC or Mac

At first, download and install Phone Mirror on your PC or Mac. Then run it successfully. Phone Mirror supports iOS and Android screen mirroring. And the default option is for Android.

Step 2 Enable USB Debugging on Your Phone

Next, connect your Android phone to PC with a USB cable and follow the on-screen guide to enable USB debugging on your device.

The program will detect your Android brand and provide specific steps to enable USB debugging for Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo. Other brands are given the general steps for Android.

• Swipe down the taskbar and tap on the “USB Charging”, and make sure the USB option is switched to "Transferring files".
• Go to Settings > About phone > Build number, then tap it for 7 times to turn on Developer options.
• Tap on Developer options and then swipe down to find USB debugging option, and toggle it on.
• When the notification pops up to ask “Allow USB debugging?”, tap on Allow. You can tick "Always allow from this computer".

Step 3 Start the Mirroring Process

After Phone Mirror detects your Android phone, it will display the mobile screen directly. Or click on mirror button to start the process. You can see the Android screen on PC right away.

Step 4 Screen Mirroring Android to PC Successfully

Since the Android screen is displayed on PC, you can now control it with mouse and keyboard. It also supports connecting up to 5 Android phones at a time.

Video Screen Mirror Android and Control Android from PC

Step 1 Connect Android phone to PC

Connect Android phone to PC and enable USB debugging.

Step 2 Screen mirroring Android on PC

Follow the steps in the second part and mirror Android to PC.

Step 3 Take Android Screenshots on PC

Click on Screenshot button on the right toolbar to take a screenshot of Android screen. Phone Mirror will create a folder to save the pictures on the computer.

• Double click on the picture, it will jump to the folder where you saved it.
• Click on Copy and then paste it to other places like a word doc, WhatsApp chat.

Step 4 Adjust Screenshots Settings

To change the save path of screenshots or the picture format, go to Settings and locate Android screenshot and screen recording settings. Then choose your preference.

Step 1 Connect Android phone to PC

Connect your Android phone (enabled USB debugging) to PC.

Step 2 Screen mirroring Android on PC

Open screen mirroring window.

Step 3 Record Android Screen on PC

Click on Record button and start recording right away. Then you can record videos like games. (Currently not support audio recording.)

Step 4 Stop recording screen

To stop recording, click on Recording button again. It will be automatically saved on your computer. Also, double click on the video or click on Copy to paste it.

Step 5 Adjust Screen Recording Settings

To change the recording format like MP4 and MKV, or change the save path, go to Settings and pick the choices you like. (Mac only supports MP4 format.)

Step 1 Connect your Android phone to PC

Connect your Android phone to PC, and enable USB debugging to display Android screen.

Step 2 Download Phone Mirror App

Click on the File Transfer button on the right toolbar. You need to download the Phone Mirror app on your Android phone at first.

Step 3 Allow File Access to Transfer Files

After agreeing to the service agreement and privacy policy, allow File Access to transfer files.

Step 4 Start Transferring Files

Now you can start transferring files between Android and computers.

To transfer files from PC/Mac to Android: Drag and drop the files you want to the Android mirroring window. You phone can be in any screen, like the home screen as shown below.

If you want to see the transferred files, open Phone Mirror app, click on File Transfer > Phone Mirror. Here you will see all files that has been transferred from PC to Android.

To transfer files from Android to PC/Mac: Open Phone Mirror app > File Transfer. Here 6 file types have been listed. You can also check Phone Storage.

Select the files you want to transfer, use the left-click mouse button to long press and then drag the files to PC. You can also select multiple files to transfer at a time.