This is a useful Roku feature but it has limits. First, the good stuff. I have over a dozen TV’s in my house and the Roku has proven to be a very cost effective way to get good content to all of those TV's. The fact that the Roku has the ability to mirror/stream material from my Mac is a bonus. Second, it’s relatively easy to set up the Mirror app and while it’s not as smooth as Apple Airplay or mirroring to an Apple TV, it is much less expensive than an Apple TV so I’m not complaining. Now the primary limitation. There is considerable lag in streaming and mirroring from your Mac to the Roku through this app. I estimate about 4 seconds lag and I have a very solid network connection. This is definitely not a viable solution if you need your Mac (audio or video) and the TV (audio or video) in sync (e.g. if you’re presenting something). If you don’t need your Mac and TV (audio/video) in perfect sync, however, this is a good way (and an inexpensive way) to stream/mirror video to a TV screen. I have, for instance, used this app to seamlessly stream security camera footage (audio and video) to multiple TVs around the house. It’s not of the quality of solutions such as Control4, but it is much less expensive and truly does get the job done. My 4 rating is based on the fact that it does what I need it to do but if you’re looking for a streaming solution that keeps everything in sync (e.g. if you’re planning to use this to make presentations), don’t waste your time with this.

This has been my go-to app for streaming from my Macbook for some time now. The quality of the streaming is always excellent.I also have to highly praise the support this app gives to its customers. I had an issue on a reinstall to new computer - I received a support reply to my email within a matter of minutes - extremely helpful and efficient support staff behind this app!I would give it a five-star rating, except for the inability to use this app on my Iphone, too - those are separate apps, which was not clear to me from the description in the App stor, so each requires a separate purchase. While I understand they have to be buit separately, this isn't a normal practice to purchase separate apps for phone/laptop - there should be someway to capture on the backend the purchase of one app and grant the license to the other platform version.

Since the pandemic started, we have attended church remotely by watching Facebook Live services on my Mac. After upgrading our livingroom TV to a Roku TV, I wanted an easy, wireless way to watch Facebook Live on the TV. This is a great little app that allows me to mirror my Mac to my Roku TV with the click of a button. The 1-3 seconds lag time does not interfere with our participating in worship services. Occaisonally the screen will buffer for a moment, but it doesn’t happen often and usually resolves quickly on its own. Once, I had to shut everything down and restart to get the mirroring back up, but it’s not been an issue. Mommy loves everyone gathering in the livingroom for church instead of over her Mac at the breakfast table. The toddlers love watching Frozen dance tutorials and other streaming videos on a big screen. Customer service is fantastic. After an issue where I could not locate my device on the app, they sent over a key to activate the updated version and fixed us right up!

We’ve tried various hardware methods to mirror my laptop to our television, but most of them tied me down close to the TV. With Mirror for Roku, I can sit where I can clearly see the television while mirroring my screen. This has come in quite handy for our homeschool humanities discussions (computer notes are much easier to share with everyone than taking pictures of the whiteboard and sending them out) and for working on French and logic with my daughters. Instead of crowding around a computer screen, we’re able to be more comfortable and we can all see clearly. It also includes audio, which is much easier to hear from our television’s speakers than from my computer speaker (essential for learning to speak another language!).It’s not perfect (nothing in this life is), but it does the job we need it to do and at a much lower cost than hardware solutions.