A native Android client and a native Windows host that runs on Windows Home. Up to 6K at 120 FPS, touch and S Pen forwarded to the desktop — pair once with a QR code or PIN. No Microsoft or Google account.
Microsoft's Remote Desktop needs a Pro edition to host and caps around 30 fps; Google's tools need an account and relay through Google. Remio brings a native Windows host that captures with DXGI and hardware-encodes on your GPU — NVENC, AMF, or Quick Sync — streaming up to 6K at 120 FPS with audio in sync. Home editions included, with no Pro upgrade and no account. See the Windows 11 Home remote desktop page for why that matters.
True 4:4:4 color for razor-sharp text is live from a Mac or an NVIDIA PC to Mac and Windows; it isn't available on Android.
The client is a fully native Android app — no WebView, no cross-platform bridge. Video hardware-decodes through MediaCodec onto a dedicated SurfaceView, so it holds a real 120 fps on a Pixel, Galaxy, or foldable. Touch maps to a native Windows pointer (long-press for right-click, pinch to zoom, two-finger scroll), the S Pen works as a precise pointer on a Galaxy tablet, and Bluetooth keyboards and mice pass through as native Windows input.
Its layout adapts to a phone, a tablet, or a foldable's split view automatically.
Two installs, one PIN, no account. No VPN, no port forwarding, no router homework.
On the PC you want to reach, download the Remio host from remio.net/download and run it. It's a native Windows app that runs on Windows 10 (build 19041+) and Windows 11 — Home editions included, no Pro upgrade or registry patch.
Get the native Android client from the Play Store, or open remio.net/download on the device. Launch it — no signup, no email confirmation. It opens straight to a pairing screen with a number pad and a QR scanner.
The Connect page of Remio Host on Windows shows a QR code, a Device ID and a PIN, and you can get a new PIN anytime. Scan or type them in Remio on the Android device, then tap the PC to connect. Remio picks the best route automatically — direct peer-to-peer, or an encrypted relay if a direct path isn't available. Add Wake-on-LAN and unattended access to reach a sleeping PC.
No RDP, no port forwarding, no exposed inbound port — just two apps and a PIN.
The host is a native Windows app on Windows 10 (build 19041+) and Windows 11, Home editions included — no Pro upgrade, no registry patches, no edition check. Every feature works on Home.
After the first pairing, reach the PC over mobile data or any Wi-Fi with a direct peer-to-peer connection — no ports opened, no router touched. An encrypted relay carries the session when a direct path is impossible.
Sessions are end-to-end encrypted. Your screen never touches our servers — keys live only on the two paired devices; a relay only ever forwards ciphertext it cannot read.
The processing pipeline — capture, hardware encode, the LAN hop, hardware decode — costs about 8 ms on the same network; the rest is your display's own 60 Hz refresh cadence, so your input lands before the next frame draws (measured internally). Over the internet, same-region sessions typically run low double-digit milliseconds — direct peer-to-peer when a path exists, relay only when NAT blocks it.
If one of these looks like your week, the five-minute setup above is all that stands in the way.
Hardware encode on the PC and hardware decode on Android keep the full frame rate, so a Galaxy Tab becomes a screen for the gaming rig in the other room. The gaming page covers the tuning, and there's a companion piece on playing PC games on a tablet.
Kick off the render before you leave, restart the stuck service from the train, approve the installer dialog holding everything up. A six-inch window is enough for the jobs that take minutes — and the session stays end-to-end encrypted over cellular the whole way.
Open their machine from your phone, fix it while they watch, and talk them through it — the use-cases page and the guide to fixing a computer from 500 miles away cover the setup end to end.
Microsoft's Remote Desktop usually caps around 30 fps and needs port forwarding, a VPN, or an RD Gateway to reach from outside; Chrome Remote Desktop also tops out near 30 fps and relays through Google's servers. Remio is native, hardware-decoded at a buttery 120 FPS, and free, with no account on either end. See Remio vs Microsoft Remote Desktop, Remio vs Chrome Remote Desktop, or the full compare hub.
One build for everyone — no trial clock, no usage detector.
Five questions the Android-to-Windows direction tends to raise — honest answers below.
Install Remio Host on the PC, install Remio on your Android phone or tablet, pair once with a QR code or a Device ID and PIN — free, works on Windows Home, no account.