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How does it support Windows if not with Miracast? Is it just 'support' as in 'casting' (playing media locally) as opposed to actual streaming (eg. cloning) of the display?

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You can mirror the whole display or a chrome tab, but you need to use Chrome's extension for that. It streams via Cast protocol, not Miracast.

You can cast a chrome tab, so it actually supports streaming. They're just protocols, why do you need to support Miracast for it to work on Windows?

I'd like to actually have a wireless display. AFAIK, the official mechanism for that, on Windows, is Miracast.

EDIT: Sibling comment says it's also supported via a Chrome plugin. That might be an option...

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