SecondScreen

3.3
15.2K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

SecondScreen is an application designed for power users that frequently connect their Android devices to external displays. It works with your existing screen mirroring solution to give you the best experience possible. With SecondScreen, you can change your device's resolution and density to fit your TV or monitor, enable always-on desktop mode in Chrome, and even turn your device's backlight off, among several other features.

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PLEASE READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING:
• This app REQUIRES elevated permissions, granted via root access or adb shell commands. The app will do nothing if you do not have a rooted device or access to adb.
• This app is ONLY for devices with AOSP / Google experience ROMs. It is not guaranteed to function properly on devices with manufacturer-skinned ROMs.
• This app does not provide screen mirroring capabilities on its own. Screen mirroring may require either an MHL/SlimPort adapter or a wireless solution such as Miracast or Chromecast.
• A Bluetooth keyboard and mouse is strongly recommended as the app can make UI elements smaller and harder to press on the device itself.


Features:
• Easily change resolution and density (DPI) - take full advantage of the resolution of your external display, and show the Android tablet interface if you're using a phone
• Simple profile-based interface - easy to enable/disable different profiles for different types of displays
• Many configurable options, including:
 • Automatically enable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi - quickly connect a keyboard, mouse, and/or game controller
 • Automatically enable Daydreams
 • Show desktop sites in Chrome by default - browse the real Web, on your TV!
 • Lock screen orientation to landscape
 • Overscan support for older TVs (Android 4.3+)
 • System-wide immersive mode (Android 5.0+)
 • Disable device backlight and/or vibration - save battery while your device is connected (not compatible with all devices)
• Full integration with Tasker
• Load profiles automatically when a display is connected
• Quick Actions - quickly and easily run SecondScreen features without creating or editing profiles
• Homescreen shortcuts - launch a profile with one tap, without entering the app

Explanation of permissions:
• root access or adb shell commands required to change resolution/DPI, disable backlight/vibration, enable desktop-only mode in Chrome
• "connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi", "view Wi-Fi connections" - required for profiles to enable Wi-Fi
• "access Bluetooth settings", "pair with Bluetooth devices" - required for profiles to enable Bluetooth
• "close other apps" - required to refresh the user interface after a resolution/DPI change. Ensure all data is saved before launching a profile.
• "run at startup" - required to show SecondScreen profile notification after a (soft/hard) reboot
• "modify system settings" - required for profiles to lock rotation and set brightness

This app uses the Device Administrator permission.
Updated on
Sep 13, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

3.3
14.5K reviews
Simon Wood
December 9, 2024
Works pretty well. Forces the phone into some odd pseudo-desktop mode, despite not ticking any related options. Main issue is not restoring the phones DPI to previous setting after unloading your profile. It's not a big hassle to change it back manually, but would be more polished if it worked automatically.
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A Google user
October 15, 2019
Works very well, but doesn't restore to previous state. On my phone (Pixel 1 Android Pie) I have an option to change the "display size" in settings. I have this size on "small" but SecondScreen always restores to "default". Is there any way of either detecting this setting or having the user tell SecondScreen this setting in order to restore the screen properly?
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JD Bye
March 7, 2025
The app works well except my navbar disappears when I enable the profile, and I can't bring it up with the swipe gesture, so I can't press home/recent apps/back. For what I needed it for, that isn't a deal breaker, I just need to open the app I want to use before plugging in the HDMI and enable the profile when the popup appears. Still, would be nice for this to be fixed so I wouldn't need to turn the profile off first if I need to switch apps or use the back button. ROG Phone 6
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What’s new

• Maintenance release targeting the latest versions of Android
• Fix issue where orientation would stay locked after turning off profile