Set up Mobile desktop
Use your Motorola smartphone and all its apps on an external monitor. Connect a Bluetooth® keyboard and mouse for a complete desktop experience. Just plug it in to create an uncluttered workspace with a clear view of multiple windows at once. Compose and send email faster. Edit photos and videos easier. Enjoy a bigger view of everything you do.
To start Mobile desktop:
- Pair phone with PC or connect phone with external display.
- Choose the Mobile desktop experience.
Use mobile desktop taskbar
Access common tasks and settings from the taskbar at the bottom of the Mobile desktop.
While using the TV, Game, or Video chat experience, move your pointer to the bottom edge of the screen to open the taskbar.
 | Open app tray to launch phone apps. Or on your phone, long-press an app icon and touch Open on display. Apps that are not compatible with external displays may be used only on your phone. | |
 | Search internet. | |
 | View, select, or close apps that are running on the external display. | |
 | Go to the Mobile desktop home screen. | |
 | Lock the external display and phone screen. To unlock the external display, unlock your phone screen or use a Bluetooth mouse to enter PIN on external display. | |
 | Click icon, then select screenshot type. To capture a rectangle or free-form region when using the phone as a trackpad, swipe with two fingers to define the region. | |
 | Change Mobile desktop settings. | |
 | View Wi-Fi signal strength. Click icon to access Wi-Fi settings. | |
 | Adjust call volume during calls, or adjust media volume when playing media. Switch audio between phone and external display. | |
 | View phone battery status. Click icon for more battery information. | |
| Click time to open Clock app. Click date to open Calendar app | ||
 | View and respond to notifications sent to your phone, and adjust quick settings. More quick settings are available on your phone. | |
Manage windows
To quickly arrange windows, click 
or 
to snap the window to fill the left or right half of the mobile desktop. If you don’t see these icons, increase the window size.
To access the window controls when a window is maximized, hover the mouse pointer over the center top of the window. Icons in the app bar are accessible at the sides of the window.
On a Windows PC, press Alt+tab to switch between windows.
Manage notifications
To hide notifications on the mobile desktop, click Desktop settings > Advanced, then turn on Block notifications.
Click to view and respond to notifications sent to your phone.
Change settings
Mobile desktop settings are independent of your phone settings.
- From the Mobile desktop, click .
Do any of the following:
Click Wallpaper to choose a different wallpaper, or click My photos to use your photo as a wallpaper.
Click Screen timeout to specify when the external display sleeps. The phone locks after both the phone display and external display timeout.
Click Display & font size to adjust the display zoom and font size based on the viewing distance from the external display.
Click Advanced to control if apps restart when opening an app that is open on another display. Restarting apps that are open on another display ensures that the app opens at the optimal display resolution for the display where you are using the app.