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BetterCast. Turn any old device into a wireless extra monitor for your Mac, no subscriptions.

bettercast.online

Problem

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Market

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Updates

June 2026

Release —BetterCast v15 Jun 16
Release —BetterCast v14 Jun 16
Release —BetterCast Receiver 1.0.2 (older macOS) Jun 8
Release —BetterCast Receiver 1.0.1 (older macOS) Jun 8
Release —BetterCast Receiver 1.0 (older macOS) Jun 8
Release —BetterCast v13 Jun 5
Release —BetterCast v12 Jun 5
Release —BetterCast v11 Jun 4
Release —BetterCast v10 Jun 3
Release —BetterCast v9 Jun 3

April 2026

fix: rename duplicate hostname var in ServiceDiscovery — Linux compil… Apr 15
docs: README — point all platform downloads to bettercast.online Apr 14
docs: README — reflect unified BetterCast.app on macOS Apr 14
chore: organize repo root — move logos to assets/, release notes to d… Apr 14
feat: Add Android receiver, iOS asset catalog, release notes, branding Apr 14
chore: clean up repo — gitignore build artifacts, untrack stale binaries Apr 14
chore: code quality cleanup — strip version strings, extract Constant… Apr 14
feat: Crash report dialog on Windows, skip tiny audio packets Apr 6
fix: Skip PTS header for type-byte framing — fixes black screen on Wi… Apr 6
revert: Allow self-connection to own receiver — useful for local scre… Apr 6
fix: Add platform tag to Windows/Linux Bonjour names, prevent self-co… Apr 6
fix: Improve video quality for infrastructure connections (Mac→Windows) Apr 6
fix: Enable Remove button for orphaned VDD displays, revert startup c… Apr 1
fix: Add missing desktop receiver files — actualTcpPort, retry logic,… Apr 1
fix: Windows sender always uses standard port 51820 for BetterCast re… Apr 1
fix: Clean up orphaned VDD displays on startup, fix retry race condition Apr 1
fix: Add mDNS browse logging for receiver discovery debugging Apr 1
fix: Add GDI fallback for capturing virtual displays Apr 1
fix: Detect and auto-activate virtual displays that aren't extended Apr 1
fix: Use devcon instead of pnputil to install VDD driver Apr 1