Release TwinDesk v2.3.0 : Camera Sharing, Phone as Remote and Gamepad, Pictures on the Clipboard · InukaAsith/TwinDesk

TwinDesk 2.3: Camera sharing, your phone as a remote and gamepad, pictures on the clipboard

Already have TwinDesk? The in-app updater picks the right file for your computer.

Your phone's camera on your computer: a new Camera tab shows the phone's back or front camera on the page or in its own window, with Back/Front and Rotate.
Computer to computer: see the other computer's camera on this one.
Use it as a webcam: turn on Virtual camera and Zoom, Teams, Meet, the browser and any other app can pick "TwinDesk Camera" (Windows, Mac and Linux). On a Mac it can also go straight into OBS Virtual Camera, the default there.

Touchpad and keyboard: a new Remote page turns the phone into a full-screen touchpad for your computer. The pointer glides smoothly, faster flicks go further, and Rotate flips it to landscape.
Gamepad: laid out like an Xbox controller, with big triggers, two sticks, a D-pad and A B X Y. Keys sets what each control presses.
Real gamepad (Windows and Linux): with it on, games see the phone as an actual controller instead of key presses.
As a Bluetooth gamepad: the phone pairs as a Bluetooth game controller with any computer, a Mac included, with no driver and no TwinDesk needed on it.

Copy pictures both ways: pictures up to 10 MB, between computers and with your phone.
Screenshots arrive straight away: take one (Win+Shift+S, ⌃⇧⌘4 or your desktop's screenshot tool) and it's on the other device's clipboard right away.
Paste files into apps: Ctrl+Alt+V (⌃⌥V) now pastes received files into a chat, an email or a document, not only into a folder.

WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram: replies from your computer press the app's own Send button, and group messages are summarised.
App icons on every notification in Recent.

Keep the pointer on one screen: press Scroll Lock (F14 on a Mac) to keep the pointer on the computer it's on. You can also switch it from the Cursor tab or the tray / menu bar. Each computer has its own lock key.

What's playing on your phone: the phone's card on Overview shows its art, title, artist and app, with Previous, Play/Pause, Next and a seek bar.
Hear the phone's sound on your computer over Bluetooth.

Touchpad mode for the screen viewer: viewing your computer's screen on the phone works like a laptop touchpad, and a tap clicks.
Phone windows on Windows: controls in a side panel, Rotate for app windows, and a screenshot button.
Wireless debugging turns itself off when the computer goes away, if you choose (General › Allow).

Intel Macs: a native Intel download alongside the Apple silicon one.
NixOS: a flake and a NixOS module.
Received files folder: choose where incoming files go (Downloads until you change it).

TwinDesk uses 40% less memory.
Modules load lazily: a feature that's off isn't loaded at all.
Every feature starts off on a fresh install. You turn on what you want. Settings from before are kept.
Connecting and pairing improved a lot:
- Bluetooth sessions recover after one goes wrong.
- Wi-Fi Direct works when the phone is on another network.
- The phone no longer drops out of discovery until the app restarts.
- A phone with its Wi-Fi on another channel can now connect over Wi-Fi Direct.
Battery: the phone no longer wakes on every network broadcast, and a locked phone no longer lights up every minute.

Which Android APK?

TwinDesk-2.3.0.apk: install this one on your phone.
TwinDesk-2.3.0-full.apk: the same app plus notification access, text messages and mouse and keyboard through Accessibility, which Play Protect blocks in downloaded apps. You don't need to install it yourself: your computer puts it on the phone over wireless debugging, and your settings and pairing stay.