How to display a Canva design on a TV screen
Last updated July 13, 2026
A Canva design can go on a TV three ways: cast the tab from a laptop, open the design in the TV's browser, or link it through digital signage software. For a screen that hangs in a shop or lobby all day, signage software is the dependable route: it shows the design full-screen, picks up your edits automatically, and on a dedicated player like Amazon's Signage Stick, restarts itself after a reboot.
With Screenbird, for example, you paste the public link to your Canva design, no account connection needed, and push it to any paired screen. Once your screen is paired, the whole setup takes about two minutes.
The end result, live on your TV.
What you need
- A TV or monitor with an HDMI input
- A media player: Amazon's Signage Stick and the Fire TV Stick 4K are the simplest plug-and-play options; smart TVs and Windows, Mac, or Linux devices work just as well
- A Screenbird account (free trial, then EUR 15 per screen per month)
- A Canva design with link sharing set so anyone with the link can view it
Can't I just cast it?
You can get a design onto a TV in a few quicker ways, but they all break down for a screen that has to run unattended:
Casting from a laptop or phone works fine for a quick meeting or a one-off display, but the source device has to stay powered on and connected. Close the laptop, and the screen goes dark.
The TV's own browser needs no extra hardware, but TV browsers do not refresh on a schedule, fall asleep, and cannot be managed remotely.
A DIY kiosk (Raspberry Pi or mini-PC) runs unattended, but you build and maintain it yourself: no remote management, no scheduling, and nobody restarts it when it hangs.
Digital signage software exists for exactly this job: it connects the design once, refreshes it on a schedule, lets you manage the screen from anywhere, and on a dedicated player like Amazon's Signage Stick, recovers on its own after a reboot or an outage. That is the route in the steps below.
Step-by-step with Screenbird
For the full click-by-click walkthrough, see the Screenbird Knowledge Base.
Create your free account
Sign up for Screenbird in your browser. No installs needed on your computer, and the trial starts right away.
Pair your screen
Install the Screenbird player on your TV or stick. It shows a 6-character pairing code. Enter that code in your dashboard to connect the screen.
Add the Canva app
In My files, click New and choose New app. Then pick Canva from the app browser.
Paste your Canva design link
Copy the link to your design from Canva's Share menu, and paste it into the setup form. No Canva account connection needed.
Check the live preview, then set the zoom and refresh
The setup form shows a live preview of exactly what will appear on screen. Adjust the zoom to frame it, set how often it refreshes, from every 1 to 60 minutes, then save.
Send it to your screen
Click push, choose the screen, and the design appears within seconds. It keeps refreshing on its own from here.
The result
Your Canva design is now a live screen. Anyone who updates the design in Canva updates the screen at the next refresh, without anyone touching the screen itself.
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