The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold has been officially announced after months and months of rumors, and it turns out that it’ll have a neat feature for users who often multitask with multiple devices: the ability to use the Galaxy Z TriFold as a second monitor for your laptop or desktop computer. This isn’t a feature that’s new to Samsung devices as a whole. Samsung already offers it on some of its tablets. It’s a feature that’s aptly named Second Screen, and it does just what it says.
It lets you connect your device to your PC wirelessly using the Miracast technology. So, you’re not required to connect the device to your PC with any cables or anything like that. This added convenience can work well with larger devices, which is why you see it on Samsung’s tablets, but not its phones. Having said that, the Galaxy Z TriFold sort of blurs the lines between these two device categories. It’s more of a tablet when unfolded. So, it makes sense that Samsung would offer it with this device.
You’ll need an app to use the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold as a second monitor
While you won’t need physical cables to plug your device in, your Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold will still need a way to communicate with your PC. To do this, you’ll need the Second Screen app installed on your PC.
From there, opening it on the PC and opening the Second Screen menu on the phone should allow the PC to find it, allowing it to project the PC’s display to the phone screen. This could be used for a number of things, like bringing up spreadsheets or other documents during a video call. In a more niche scenario, you could also use it to keep the Discord window open while gaming, or have a guide open at the same time without having to constantly tab out of the game to look at something. It’s not made clear if this will be available on the Galaxy Z TriFold out of the box at launch, but that seems to be pretty likely.
What is clear is that this is an incredibly thin device that has some surprisingly complex engineering that goes into it. It’s no wonder that, given its $3,000 price tag and its challenging build structure, Samsung would want to pack it full of features to expand its use cases.
