Set up on Android

Requirements

• An Android tablet or phone running Android 11 or later.
• The PixelBridge app from Google Play. Scan the code your computer shows at the end of its setup, or open bytehavenstudios.com/get/pixelbridge on the device.

The connect screen

When you open the app it says “Ready to be your second screen”. From here:

Option	When to use it
Connect over USB (“Lowest lag · no setup”)	The device is plugged into the computer with a data cable
Scan code to connect	Your computer is showing a pairing QR code (Windows: tray › Pair wireless…, Mac: Show connection QR…)
On your network	Computers running PixelBridge on the same Wi-Fi appear here by name, tagged Windows or macOS. A new one says “New — pair once”; one you’ve used says “Paired”
Get the computer app	Opens the download page for Windows and Mac

A status chip at the top tells you what the app sees: “USB cable connected”, “No cable · Wi-Fi ready”, “No cable · Wi-Fi is off” or “No cable · not on a network”.

Permissions the app asks for

• Notifications. While PixelBridge is connected it shows a notification, so you can see the session and end it from anywhere. You can say Not now.
• Camera, only when you scan a pairing code. The camera is used for nothing else.

The app never asks for your location, contacts, files or microphone.

It connects by itself

Two settings, both on by default, make PixelBridge hands-free after the first time:

• Connect automatically over cable starts a session the moment a cable is plugged in.
• Reconnect over Wi-Fi when the app opens dials the last computer you used over Wi-Fi.

Both are in the app’s Settings.

During a session

The in-session controls switch input between pen and touch, lock the orientation, open the shortcut palette and end the session. Pinch the picture to zoom, twist two fingers to rotate the canvas, and drag with two fingers to pan.