Samsung Smart View

Samsung Smart View for Windows is a free application from Samsung that streams photos, videos and music stored on a PC to a Samsung Smart TV over the home network. It is not a tool for mirroring the whole desktop: instead, you build a list of media files on the computer and play them on the TV's big screen. The Windows app is the PC counterpart of the Smart View apps that Samsung released for Android and iOS devices, which let users send their own pictures, music and videos to the TV in the same way.

To connect, make sure the TV is turned on and that the TV and the PC are on the same wired or wireless network, then click Connect to TV and select the TV from the list of detected devices. On 2011-2013 Samsung Smart TVs, you have to select Allow in the pop-up window that appears on the TV when a device connects for the first time. Once connected, you can add individual files or a whole folder from the PC to Smart View and play everything on the list in one go, which works like a personal playlist of videos, photos and music. Subtitles are shown when a video and its subtitle file are added together. Photos can be shown on the TV as a slideshow, with its options under Slideshow Settings. The app menu also offers Add File, Add Folder, Change TV, a guide and a version window with an update check. If no TV is found, a refresh button searches the network again.

Smart View works with Samsung Smart TVs from the 2011 models onwards, although the list of supported models may vary by region, and it does not work with TVs from other brands. The Windows version runs on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10, in 32-bit and 64-bit editions, and Samsung still offers the installer on its Smart View support page. Version 1.6.0.5 is the latest release of the Windows app. Samsung recommends at least an Intel Pentium 1.8 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM and a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.

Lets you play media files from your PC on a Samsung Smart TV's big screen over your home network.