Why won't my PC see my Xbox using Wireless display app?

Hi Brian,

Thank you for posting on the Xbox forums. I believe the Wireless Display app left beta a little too soon in my opinion since there isn't a lot of information on how to actually get it set up and reviews state quality can drop and there can be a slight delay
depending on your PC's specs. There isn't much information out there on how to set it up without digging through the Internet. However, I did find some information that should be helpful for you.

Before you do anything, you need to make sure your device supports Miracast and both of your devices are connecting via Wi-Fi to the same network and not hard wired. The requirements to do so are: a display adapter which supports Windows Display Driver Model
(WDDM) 1.3, and a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct. You can find the steps on how to confirm your device meets the requirements by looking at this thread on

Reddit. There is a lot of helpful information about connecting on that thread. Once you confirm the device meets the requirements, restart your Xbox from the power settings to do a full restart and then launch the Wireless Display app on your Xbox and make
sure you see the name of your Xbox and that it is ready to connect. Restart your PC and make sure you are logged into the Xbox App. When it reboots press the Windows key + p which will bring up projector/devices option in Windows 10. From here you should be
able to find your Xbox and connect.

I strongly suggest looking over that thread I posted for more information on how to connect if you get stuck somewhere.

Let us know the results!

It's better to have NAT Open

I have NAT open already for my Plex server.

So the answer is yes. The term "Wireless display" is sort of a misnomer. The display isn't actually wireless, it's more like Remote Desktop, where you're controlling the PC on a different device without the display DIRECTLY (where the wireless part comes
in) connected to the device.

So this article loosely outlines how it works. You'll need the Wireless Display app installed on the PC and the
Xbox One, and they'll need to be connected to the same local network. You'll connect the two in the app, and then control the PC via the app. A mouse and keyboard hooked up to the Xbox One are the best methods for controlling that, but you could put your
PC in Big Picture mode if you want to control it more easily that way.

It's more like reverse streaming via the Xbox App, but using the Wireless Display app, so it won't be a wireless display, per se, but it will need to be wired to your Xbox.

Let us know if you have any problems or questions in trying to get that set up, and we'll be happy to help!

You read the wrong forums then

Its the wireless display app

The companion app only allows remote from a windows 10 pc not anything older and communications

First I fixed it... I missed a windows update 😩

Second, the wireless display allows you to send stuff to your xbox.<not what I asked for> I wanted to use my pc as a second screen. Which is why I use the companion app.

But thanks for replying...