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title: How to look at private photos on your TV without the cloud
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description: AirPlay mirrors your whole screen and shared albums upload your photos. Mavaul's Wi-Fi Share opens your vault in the TV's browser over your Wi-Fi, with a slideshow. Here's how.
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# Private photos on your TV, without the cloud

_By [Diogo Ferreira](/about/), founder & engineer_

Open Wi-Fi Share in Mavaul, scan the QR code with the TV's browser or a laptop, and the vault opens there, with a slideshow and a full-screen viewer. It goes over your Wi-Fi only, nothing is uploaded, and it stops when you close it or lock the app.

## How to do it
1. Put the phone and the TV or laptop on the same Wi-Fi.
2. In Mavaul, tap Share.
3. Scan the QR code, or type the link into the browser. Each session gets a new code.
4. Start the slideshow, or open photos full screen.
5. Close the share screen when you're done. The copies made for sharing are deleted.

## Why not AirPlay or a shared album?
- AirPlay mirroring shows whatever is on your phone screen, notifications included.
- A shared album uploads the photos to iCloud for everyone in it.
- Wi-Fi Share keeps the photos on your network and only while the screen is open.

## Good to know
Wi-Fi Share opens the whole vault, all folders. Anyone on that Wi-Fi with the link can see it while it's open, so use it at home, on a network you trust. It's free.

## Questions
### Does Wi-Fi Share work on a smart TV?
If the TV has a web browser and is on the same Wi-Fi, yes. A laptop or tablet works too.

### Are the photos uploaded anywhere?
No. They go from the phone to the browser over your Wi-Fi.

### Can I add photos from the computer?
Yes. Drop them into the browser gallery and they're encrypted into the vault.

## Read next
- [Wi-Fi Share](/features/wi-fi-share/)
- [Private photos, together, on the TV](/scenarios/private-photos-together-on-tv/)
- [Photo viewer](/features/photo-viewer/)

## Try Mavaul
[Download Mavaul on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/pt/app/mavaul-photo-video-vault/id6759567727?l=en-GB)