Cast Screen from Your Android Device to TV With These Easy Steps

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The first question that arises in the user’s mind before casting their mobile devices to the TV is that, will they be able to use their handsets after casting? The answer is yes. You can still use your phone even after casting it with the TV. Once you have cast the screen to your TV, you can watch movies, shows and listen to music and much more.

In this article, we have mentioned the ways by which you can cast a screen from your Android device to TV. You may follow the instructions that are mentioned below to carry out the process of casting:

Helpfulness of Screen Casting

The list of the benefits is a long one. Because you can do a lot if the apps of Android devices can be discovered and used on your Smart TVs. Screen Casting is helpful as it is the best way to watch your favorite shows or videos on a bigger display especially if you are bored in watching the content on your handset’s display which is smaller compared to a much larger screen of the smart TV. While you have cast your Android device with your smart TV, you may still perform tasks on your device. You can do multitasking while Screen Casting. Screen Casting can also be done easily by connecting a Chromecast multimedia player with your TV. Some of the smart TVs have already built-in Chromecast features which makes it a pretty easy task to cast screen from an Android handset to the TV. You can have this feature even if your device and TV have a DIAL (Discover and Launch) system provided your Android device and your TV should be on the same Wi-Fi network.


How to Cast Android Device to a TV using Chromecast

One of the most common methods of casting Android devices with the TV is through Chromecast. Chromecast acts as a bridge between your Android device and your TV. Chromecast is a line of media players developed by Google in the form of dongles which help play media on a digital platform. With Chromecast, you can play audios and videos on the big screens from your mobile devices in standard quality as well as in high definition. Some of the TVs already have an in-built Chromecast system. It is pretty helpful as you can directly cast a complete selection of apps to the TV without even using an external Chromecast.

With Chromecast, you can either mirror the contents of an android device or the content from the Chrome web browser. The multimedia can be played from mobile as well as web applications. All this can be done with the help of the “Cast” button. The basic requirement for casting the Android device with the TV is that both should be on the same Wi-Fi network.

What All Can Be Done on The Phone While Casting

Even when your Android Phone is in a cast with your TV, you still have many things to do on it. You can view the content which you have cast on the TV, on your device too. Your device can be used as a remote to control and navigate through various options of the content, which is currently getting casted on the TV screen. Along with all this, you can use all the functions of your phone like social media, text, calls, and browsing even when the casted content is on the play.

Steps to Use Android with Chromecast

Connecting an Android device with Chromecast is easy provided, you should know the steps. So, you may follow the below-mentioned steps to connect your Android device with Chromecast.

  1. Plugin your Chromecast player on to the HDMI input of your TV and connect its other side on to the power cable. Ignore this step if your TV is already having an inbuilt Chromecast service.
  2. Turn on the TV and select HDMI input on the TV.
  3. Download and install the Google Home application on your Android device and open it and select “Add”, and then “Set Up Device” and follow the other settings required for Chromecast setup.
  4. Download and install one or more Chromecast apps like Hulu, YouTube, Netflix or Google Play.
  5. Click and open one of these Chromecast apps. Click on the “Cast” icon in the app, and then you can watch the desired content on the TV.

How to Use Android Without Chromecast

There are some “TV” devices as well as “bridge” that have an inbuilt “Discovery and Launch” system. With this system, you can discover the apps of Android handsets and tablets on your smart TV and launch the content from your handsets or tablets on your smart TV. Netflix and YouTube have developed it, and therefore you can easily surf contents from these two apps in particular as this service works on Netflix and YouTube and also the content which you want to cast should be available on both bridge device or Tv and your Android handset. You can play videos or shows from your Android devices directly to your smart TV. The Discovery and Launch (DIAL) operates in the backend. However, the only indication that your TV or bridge device and Android phone is compatible with a bridge device is compatible with Discovery and Launch is the presence of the Cast logo on the content you want to cast.

Source :- https://dpioneer.com/cast-screen-from-your-android-device-to-tv-with-these-easy-steps/

 

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