If you're thinking about adding yet another device to your home theater, the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter does not make a lot of sense. The main competitors for the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter are the Chromecast and the Roku Streaming Stick, both tiny, gumstick-sized devices and both slightly less expensive. Screen mirroring worked quite well, although the different aspect ratios of the tablet and my television meant pillar bars around the mirrored output. I tested this function with a Nexus 7 (2013).
Since the adapter uses Miracast, certain Android devices can also mirror their displays.
In that case, you'll probably want a trackpad or mouse attached so you can control your things on the second display. Additionally, you can use your TV as a second or extended monitor with your computer instead of just mirroring. If it runs on your Windows 8.1 machine, you will be able to see it on your TV including DRM-bound iTunes videos. Video and PowerPoint presentations are examples of content a device such as this is designed to share.Īs the signal mirrors your PC, you're are not limited by specific apps. The adapter is more about being able to present or share things on a big screen. Swipes and videos are slightly behind on the mirrored display, so this isn't ideal for gaming. This behaviour is no longer overridden by the DisplayLink driver.There is the tiniest amount of lag between devices.
The UI options are currently reduced while support is added to the new driver architecture.Īnniversary Update 2016, on first connect, DisplayLink displays are configured by the
On Windows 10 Anniversary Update 2016, the DisplayLink icon is always present in the Windows system tray (from V8.0 M2). The following driver differences will be see when using the DisplayLink driver from Windows 10 Anniversary Update 2016 Device ManagerĭisplayLink displays appear under "Display Adapters" in Device manager, rather than under "USB Display Adapters": Changes in the Windows driver model can then prevent your computer from booting! Similarly you MUST NOT deploy DisplayLink_ Win7-10TH2.
You MUST NOT try to install DisplayLink driver 7.9 on Windows 10 Anniversary Update and newer. Running the DisplayLink installer, from the DisplayLink website will also automatically install the appropriate driver for the Windows 10 version you are running. V8.0 or later will be installed by Windows Update on Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The table summarises the DisplayLink driver compatibility:ĭisplayLink driver minimum version to use There is noĬhange to Windows 10 Threshold and earlier OS versions.
Software uses the new native DisplayLink USB graphics support on Windows 10 Anniversary Update 2016 onwards to provide a forward compatibility with Windows. Is available in Windows 10 Anniversary Update 2016 (Redstone) from August 2016. A new interface has been designed between Microsoft and DisplayLink for USB displays. Graphics architecture to support USB graphics on Windows. What has changed in the Windows 10 DisplayLink driver?ĭisplayLink has been working with Microsoft on extending the Windows You can safely ignore the message about compatibility. This is expected, and desired as the driver must also be upgraded (either from Windows update or using the driver from our website) to the new Windows architecture, once the system has upgraded. Note: When upgrading to Windows 10 Anniversary Update from a previous version of Windows, you will be notified that the DisplayLink driver will be uninstalled.