I could select text and copy some text in Firefox Android and copy it to Gedit with Ctrl+V. I also tested some of the new features like copy/paste. I could only hear audio from my phone because it is only running Android 10. I could browse the web, play a game, start a video call in LINE, watch a YouTube video in NewPipe in a maximized window (not fullscreen), display the Yahoo Finance app to show stock tickers, and so on. I thought WiFi debugging would work out of the box, but apparently, this now only works on Android 11 or greater (albeit I use WiFi adb in older Android versions before) but my phone is running Android 10, so I just connected a USB cable to my phone, and it works like a charm.
You’ll also have to make sure Developer Options and USB debugging is enabled on your smartphone. We first need to install some dependencies: Scrcpy can be installed easily with apt or snap, but those are older versions 1.2.1 and 1.2.5, so I used the method to install the latest version that is not overly complicated. So I decided to give another in Ubuntu 22.04.
Physical keyboard/mouse simulation (HID).Android device used as a webcam in Linux-only through V4L2.Mirroring with the Android device screen off.Audio forwarding for Android 11 and greater.No account, no ads, no internet required.Nothing to install on the Android device, as it relies on adb USB or WiFi debugging mode.
Startup time: ~1 second to display the first image.Performance – 30~120fps, depending on the device.Five years later, Scrcpy 2.0 has been released, the installation is much easier, and new features have been implemented.
I could still use the mouse and keyboard to control my phone, send SMS, chat, browse the web, play games, switch between landscape and portrait modes, and so on. We first reported about Scrcpy open-source utility in 2018, and at the time, it worked relatively well in Ubuntu 16.04 but required quite a few steps for the installation, and it would lag from time to time. Scrcpy 2.0 Android screen mirroring and control utility for Windows, Linux, and macOS has just been released with support for audio forwarding that enables audio to be played back into the computer/laptop, instead of the smartphone, at least for mobile devices running Android 11 or greater.
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