# Battlescreen on Xbox One/laptop? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlescreen-on-xbox-one-laptop/111170 "2014-02-21T15:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![steelritz](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@steelritz](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/steelritz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlescreen-on-xbox-one-laptop/111170/1 "2014-02-21T15:30:25Z")
Forgive me if I seem simple here but I’m having trouble getting the battlescreen to work. I have an Xbox one, and a windows 7 laptop (incidentally with enough hardware to run commander mode, if only) connected on the same network. When I’m in a game and access Battlelog, I see the blue bar that appears with loadout/battlescreen etc but clicking the battlescreen logo loads a prompt window to install smartglass. Which requires windows 8.1. So I guess my question is, is there any way to utilise my setup for a functional battlescreen _without_ having to shell out and invest time in upgrading to an OS I frankly can’t stand or afford? ---
**Author:** ![JimGill](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@JimGill](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JimGill)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlescreen-on-xbox-one-laptop/111170/2 "2014-02-21T16:00:52Z")
no ---
**Author:** ![steelritz](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@steelritz](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/steelritz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlescreen-on-xbox-one-laptop/111170/3 "2014-02-21T18:14:28Z")
Well that just sucks. It wasn’t enough that I payed out for the 360 copy, xbone copy, the xbone itself and premium… but I have to get a new OS too? Fuck that. When hawking ‘features’ like battlescreen and commander mode I think they should be made to explicity specify the external hardware [edit- and software] required on the box. I know you don’t necessarily _need_ more hardware for commander mode but you do if you want to use it as advertised, away from your console/PC. I feel misled. ---
**Author:** ![JimGill](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@JimGill](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JimGill)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlescreen-on-xbox-one-laptop/111170/4 "2014-02-21T18:39:13Z")
You can always you an Iphone or android device to get a battlescreen. As for the battlescreen on a second monitor, I’m not a fan.