The sound and picture were in sync while streaming, even if there was latency, so the viewing experience was fine. But that doesn't matter as much if you're streaming videos or audio. There is noticeable latency that would make it impossible to game on. The smoothness of your streaming may vary but in our experience Miracast support had the most issues. If you have music or videos that you want to stream that for one reason or another you can't play natively on the Xbox One, AirServer Xbox Edition is going to add a new world of functionality to your device. What AirServer excels at is streaming media content. The app is fairly optimized for the Xbox One, but it is not quite perfect. For example, Chromecast streaming yielded much better performance than Miracast streaming. What this leads to is an app that does very well at certain things and struggles some with others. But there are some restrictions that they pointed out when asked that give some perspective on the app "Due to Microsofts limitations on the Xbox, we were only allowed to utilize up to 40% of the GPU while in foreground and a total of 128 MB while AirServer was running in the background" Pros and ConsĪirServer has done a good job making the app work well on the Xbox One, including optimizing the app for a year.
Another curious issue was that the mouse cursor icon didn't appear when Miracasting, though again that could be hardware related. There was some latency with Miracasting in our testing, but this may vary based on your setup. This is useful for if you need to stream something that doesn't have an Xbox One app that also doesn't work within Microsoft Edge. The recent update to the AirServer allows Miracast streaming from any device, though to use it your Xbox One has to be connected to the internet using an Ethernet cable. Miracast is a more universal, if lesser-known, streaming tech. It just appears as if you've named a Chromecast "Xbox One." This makes it easy to stream all sorts of things to your Xbox One. In our testing on an Android phone, it was easy to cast and connect to the app. It essentially turns your Xbox One into a Chromecast receiver. The app also has background audio support so you can stream your favorite music or podcasts from your Apple devices as you play on the Xbox One.Ĭhromecast is ubiquitous in the streaming world and AirServer Xbox Edition having support for it is a big plus for the app. AirPlay audio is especially useful because it puts less of a strain on the app, which yields smoother performance. On the video side of things, the app supports AirPlay screen mirroring as well as AirPlay audio. AirPlay was the first type of streaming available for AirServer Xbox Edition and the app has many features that Apple users will enjoy.
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