Multiple and virtual monitors
Switch between monitors, view all at once, pop monitors into their own windows, and add virtual monitors to headless computers.
On this page
Choosing monitors
- Website: the Remote monitor menu on the picture bar — one monitor, All monitors (uses more data), or a monitor in its own browser window (allow pop-ups for the site).
- App: Monitors → Single display, a specific monitor, or All (more data).
- Options… → Follow remote cursor across monitors / Follow the active window across monitors switch automatically.
Virtual monitors
Where the computer supports it, Remote monitor offers Add a virtual monitor (1920×1080) and Remove virtual monitors — extra screen space that exists only for your session.
| System | What happens |
|---|---|
| Windows | A signed virtual display driver bundled with the agent is installed the first time you add a virtual monitor, and switched off again when the session ends. A PC with no monitor at all is still reachable without it. |
| macOS | A Mac with nothing plugged in gets a 1920×1080 virtual display at the start of the session; you can add more. They vanish when the session ends. |
| Linux | Add a virtual monitor from Session options on GNOME with Wayland (Ubuntu’s default) and on Xorg desktops that let the screen grow; it shows up in the monitor list like a real screen and is removed when you choose Remove or end the session. If a desktop keeps its screen size fixed (GNOME on Xorg does), the app says so and suggests the Ubuntu (Wayland) session. When nobody is signed in, the agent starts a private desktop session so there is always something to show. |
Remote resolution
The resolution menu on the picture bar changes the remote monitor’s resolution for the session — lower uses less data. It is restored when the session ends, or straight away with Restore original resolution.
Related help
The live session screen (web)
Every control in a remote session in your browser: quality, clipboard, files, terminal, audio, view-only, privacy, monitors, resolution, actions, keys and options.
The app’s remote session screen
Control modes (Mouse & keyboard on desktop; Trackpad, Pointer, Bar and Gyro on phones), the bandwidth profile, and every toolbar item.