Remio is two apps that meet on the network: a host that lives on the Mac or PC you want to reach, and a client on the device you want to drive it from. There is no cloud account in the middle. The steps below get both halves installed, paired, and streaming — five minutes from a blank machine to a live, end-to-end-encrypted session.
01 · Install the Remio Host
The host runs on the computer whose screen you want to stream. Download the installer for that machine from remio.net/download, then double-click to install. The host sits in the menu bar (macOS) or system tray (Windows and Linux) and waits for a client to pair.
macOS
Download Remio-Host.pkg, open it, and follow the installer. Remio Host is signed and notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper opens it without complaint. After install, launch it once from Launchpad — it parks in the menu bar with a small status dot.
Windows
Download Remio-Host-Setup.exe. The first launch installs a virtual display driver and may prompt for administrator approval — that is the driver, not telemetry. Remio Host then shows up in the system tray.
02 · Install the Remio Client
The client is the device you actually hold or sit at: iPhone, iPad, another Mac, an Android phone or tablet, or a Windows PC. Pick the store that matches your device and install. Every client is free, native, and works offline once installed.
iOS / iPadOS
Open the App Store, search Remio, install. Universal binary — the same app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. Requires iOS 18 or later.
macOS
Grab the Mac client from the Mac App Store or remio.net/download. Runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs back to macOS 14.
Android
Install from Google Play. Requires Android 10 or later; Chromebooks with the Play Store work too.
Windows
Download Remio-Client-Setup.exe from remio.net/download. Same low-latency native renderer as the host.
03 · Granting screen recording and accessibility
The host needs two operating-system permissions before it can do its job: one to see the screen it will stream, and one to act on the input events the client sends back. Both prompts appear the first time you open Remio Host. If you skip them, the app guides you straight to the right Settings panel.
macOS
Screen Recording — System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording → toggle Remio Host on. Required to capture pixels.
Accessibility — System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility → toggle Remio Host on. Required so taps and keystrokes from your client land on the Mac. After enabling either toggle, quit and relaunch the host.
Windows
Windows does not gate screen capture or input injection behind permissions the way macOS does. If User Account Control prompted you during install, that was the only consent needed. The host can immediately capture all displays and inject input.
Remio is the only process that ever sees your pixels — they never leave the encrypted session. The macOS prompts are Apple's way of making sure you noticed.
04 · Pairing devices with a PIN or QR code
The host displays a one-time four-digit PIN and a QR code that wraps the same value. You feed that PIN into the client, and the two devices establish a peer-to-peer encrypted channel directly — no email, no password, no account is collected at any point in the flow.
iOS / iPadOS
Tap Add device, then either point the camera at the QR code on the host or tap Enter PIN and type the digits. Pairing finishes in under a second.
macOS
Click Add device, paste or type the PIN. The Mac client can also pull the QR from a screenshot on the clipboard.
Android
Tap Add device, allow the camera prompt once, then scan. PIN entry is also available from the same screen.
Windows
Click Add device and enter the PIN. The Windows client uses your default webcam for QR scanning if one is attached.
05 · Connect and start streaming
From here on out, your client remembers the host. Open the app, tap the host name, and the connection negotiates the lowest-latency path it can find: direct LAN peer-to-peer if both devices share a network, or an end-to-end-encrypted relay if symmetric NAT gets in the way. Either path is invisible to you.
The host's screen appears on the client at up to 4K 60FPS with sub-5ms LAN latency. Tap, click, type, scroll, pinch-zoom — every input round-trips in under a frame.
# Typical first-session sequence
host → display PIN, listen for ICE
client → enter PIN, exchange SDP
both → ICE candidates · best path wins
session→ AES-256-GCM, no relay can decrypt06 · Tune for your network and hardware
The defaults are tuned for a 5 GHz Wi-Fi setup on modern hardware. If you are on a slower link or older silicon, drop into the client's quality menu to bias toward smoothness over resolution.
- Wired or 5 GHz Wi-Fi — leave everything on auto. The session will settle at 4K 60FPS with HEVC.
- 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi or cellular — set frame rate to 30 and resolution to 1080p. Stays sharp, never stutters.
- Older host hardware — switch the codec from HEVC to H.264 if the menu bar shows a CPU warning.
07 · What to try next
Once a session is live, the rest of Remio opens up — multi-monitor switching, clipboard sync, file drop, Apple Pencil sketching directly onto the host. Each of those has its own short guide, and the full troubleshooting tree is one click away if anything feels off.
- Learn the touch gestures — how to right-click, scroll, drag, and zoom from a touchscreen. The first thing every new phone or tablet user asks.
- Verify your system requirements — confirm both ends meet the supported OS and network minimums.
- Open the troubleshooting tree — symptom-first fixes for the issues new sessions occasionally hit.
- Read how Remio actually works — the streaming pipeline, capture to encode to decode to display.
Common questions during setup
Is Remio free to use?
Remio is free, every feature included — 4K streaming, multi-monitor support, end-to-end encryption. No account required, no upsell at the seam.
Does Remio work over the internet, not just local Wi-Fi?
Yes. On a shared network Remio finds a direct peer-to-peer path for the lowest possible latency. Off-network, sessions ride a Cloudflare-backed encrypted relay — still AES-256-GCM end to end, the relay never sees plaintext.
Is my data secure?
Every session is end-to-end encrypted. Screen pixels and input events are decrypted only by the paired device. Read the security architecture overview for the full key-exchange and threat model.
Can I use a keyboard and mouse from my iPhone or iPad?
Yes. Tap to click, use the on-screen keyboard, or pair a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to your iPad for a full desktop workflow. Apple Pencil also works as a precise pointer on the iPad client. For right-click, scroll, and drag from the touchscreen itself, see the touch gesture reference.
Why do I need to grant Accessibility permission?
Accessibility lets the host inject pointer and keyboard events back into macOS so your remote taps and keystrokes actually do something. Without it you can see the screen but not interact with it.
