Beocast, in full detail.

Performance

Video encoding

Hardware HEVC (VideoToolbox)

Codec

HEVC (primary) · VP8 (software fallback)

Latency

< 16 ms on LAN

Frame rate

up to 60 fps

Pipeline

100% native Swift

Display

Resolution

up to 4K (Retina)

Refresh rate

120 Hz on LAN · 1080p 60 fps on WAN

Capture

native physical pixels (Retina)

Multi-display

yes, instant switching

Virtual display

full resolution, edge-to-edge

ProRes

coming soon

Network & connection

Transport

QUIC + UDP (direct P2P)

Local discovery

AWDL (even off the same Wi-Fi)

Fallback

TURN server

VPN

not required

Network migration

automatic LAN ↔ WAN

Security

Encryption

end-to-end

Protocol

Noise + AES-256-GCM

Architecture

zero-knowledge

Unattended access

password protected

Private mode

black physical screen

Features

• 4K screen sharing
• Keyboard · mouse · trackpad control
• Terminal + synced terminals
• Beam an app
• File transfer
• Synced clipboard
• Webcam & audio
• Live screen thumbnails
• Apple Watch (Digital Crown)
• System controls

Compatibility

macOS

14 Sonoma or later

iOS

17 or later

iPadOS

17 or later

watchOS

10 or later

Chips

Apple Silicon & Intel