A system displays graphics with an in-vehicle information system and a mobile electronic device. The in-vehicle information system receives encoded graphics data from the mobile electronic device and displays the encoded data with a graphical output device. The mobile electronic device executes program instructions to generate a series of graphics frames that are generated at a first frame rate and stored in an off-screen frame buffer in the mobile electronic device, generate encoded data corresponding to the series of graphics frames, and transmit the encoded data to the in-vehicle information system.