PC Magazine - USA (2020-04)

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The Shadow app lets you connect to your remote PC in a click. If the system
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the PC boots up; otherwise, it will immediately connect. Once you’re in, a
window opens to reveal a Windows 10 desktop, like a virtual machine. You can
set Shadow to go full-screen when you connect or switch between window and
full-screen with the Alt+Windows+F command.


SHADOW APP
The PC app locks your input devices to the remote PC when in full-screen mode,
so all mouse and keyboard inputs are sent directly through it. It also outputs to
your active audio device automatically, so you can get sound directly from the
remote PC. When you plug in a compatible USB or Bluetooth gamepad, Shadow
sets it up to work with the remote PC as well. We had no problem connecting a
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showed up instantly in the system.


You can also access Shadow on your Android device with the Shadow mobile
app (Shadow is also available for macOS, but no iOS version is available yet). It
provides the same access to Shadow as the desktop app and even lets you boot

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