Stardock Announces Multiplicity 4 Beta 1

Stardock today announced Multiplicity 4 Beta 1, a pre-release version of its software KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) solution for Windows. It allows you to control multiple PCs with a single keyboard and mouse.

“Multiplicity 4 is adding innovative new features to let you use any Windows laptop as a native secondary display, simultaneously stream multiple monitors at the same time, support for IPv6, all while improving our security posture by modernizing the encryption stack,” the announcement post explains. “Multiplicity 4 can now stream multi-monitor configurations to the primary device with up to 16 monitors supported. This means that if you are connecting to a secondary device that has multiple monitors, you can now see all monitors at the same time without having to switch which viewports.”

Multiplicity 4’s new Seamless Display features lets you use any Windows laptop or PC as a secondary display wirelessly. The existing Seamless feature, which lets users move between multiple PCs, is being updated to resolution-aware monitor placement to improve your movement across multiple devices and displays. It supports AES-256 encryption to secure streaming information and file transfers. And there are enhancements to multi-monitor streaming, audio quality, and backup/restore.

Multiplicity 4 Beta 1 works with Windows 10 and 11, and a future update will support Windows 11 on Arm natively. There will be three versions: Multiplicity 4, which supports two PCs and costs $29.99, Multiplicity Pro (up to 9 PCs) for $49.99, and Multiplicity for Business (pricing and available TBD later in 2024).

You can learn more on the Stardock website.