Scrcpy is a free and open source screen mirroring application that allows control of an Android device from a Windows, macOS, or Linux desktop computer.
If what you are looking for is to be able to control your Android device from your computer or simply being able to duplicate the screen of your mobile on your computer, the application that we will talk about today may be of interest to you.
And it is that recently the launch of the new version of the scrcpy 2.0 application, which allows mirroring the content of the smartphone screen in a stationary user environment with the ability to control the device, remotely work in mobile applications using the keyboard and mouse, view video and audio.
About Scrcpy
scrcpy is a free android screen mirroring tool open source that allows users to control Android on PC and Mac (via USB and wirelessly), without even installing any app.
The tool It is compatible with Windows 10, macOS and Linux. The biggest feature of Scrcpy is its low latency rate of 35 and 70 ms, which makes its performance on par with Vysor, one of the most popular Android mirroring apps.
The smartphone connection can be made via USB or TCP/IP. A server application is launched on the smartphone, which interacts with an external system through a tunnel organized using the adb utility.
But unlike Vysor's freemium model, Scrcpy is completely free and includes all the necessary features like file sharing, changing resolution, recording screen, clicking screenshots, and much more. Since Scrcpy does not involve installing an app, it is also one of the most secure mirror apps for Android.
Root access to the device is not required. The server application generates a video stream (choice of H.264, H.265 or AV1) with the content of the smartphone screen and the client decodes and displays the video. Keyboard and mouse input events are streamed to the server and substituted into the Android input system.
Features key:
- High performance (30~120fps).
- Support for screen resolutions of 1920 × 1080 and higher.
- Low latency (35~70ms).
- High startup speed (about a second before the first screen images are displayed).
- Sound emission.
- Possibility to record sound and video.
- Support mirroring when smartphone screen is off/locked.
- Clipboard with the ability to copy and paste information between a computer and a smartphone.
- Customizable screen broadcast quality.
- Support for using an Android smartphone as a webcam (V4L2).
- Simulation of a physically connected keyboard and mouse.
- OTG mode.
Of the changes that were made in the new version, the following stand out:
- Added the ability to forward sound (works on Android 11 and Android 12 smartphones).
- Added support for H.265 and AV1 video codecs.
- Added “–list-displays” and “–list-encoders” options.
- Enabled the “–turn-screen-off” option to work on all screens.
- Updated Platform Tools 34.0.1 (adb), FFmpeg 6.0 and SDL 2.26.4 for Windows version.
Download and get Scrcpy
For interested in being able to obtain client programs for the management of smartphones, they should know that they are ready for Linux, Windows and macOS. The project code is written in C language (Java mobile application) and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license.
For the part of the requirements for the Android device, it is mentioned that at least API 21 (Android 5.0) is required, audio forwarding is compatible with API 30 (Android 11) and have USB debugging enabled on your device(s). devices).
On some devices, an additional option USB debugging (Security Settings) must also be enabled (this is a different item from USB debugging) to control it with a keyboard and mouse. A device reboot is required once this option is set.
Scrcpy is packaged in various distributions and package managers and can be installed from their repositories.
For example, for those who are Debian/Ubuntu usersJust open a terminal and type the following command in it:
sudo apt install scrcpy
While for Arch Linux, Manjaro, Arco Linux or any other Arch-based distro, the installation command is as follows:
sudo pacman -S scrcpy
In the case of Fedora and derivatives After this, we must first enable a repository in order to install the package:
sudo dnf copr enable zeno/scrcpy && dnf install scrcpy
In the case of Gentoo:
emerge scrcpy
Finally, for any linux distribution with support for Snap, just type:
snap install scrcpy