How To Link Phone Youtube To Tv

There are times when you lot're watching something on your phone and y'all want to share it with the room or just see information technology on a bigger display. Those with Android devices take a few options, including born features, tertiary-party apps, and cablevision hookups. Let'due south suspension down your choices, from the simplest solution to the most circuitous.

Cast With Chromecast

If you have a Chromecast dongle or a smart Boob tube with built-in Chromecast support(Opens in a new window), your best bet is to see if the app you lot desire to lookout on TV supports casting. If then, yous tin ship content from your telephone to the TV with a few taps.

Supported apps(Opens in a new window) include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now, and Google Photos, though many of them already live on your Android Idiot box or Chromecast with Google TV.

Make certain your device is on the same Wi-Fi network as your Chromecast or smart TV and tap the square cast icon in the app. Choose the compatible device to which you'd like to cast. Casting is the ideal pick for apps with copyrighted content, since apps like Netflix will blackness out the video if you attempt screen mirroring.

Android Screen Mirroring

Screen mirroring is best for apps that don't incorporate protected content or officially support casting. You will still need a Chromecast or compatible smart Tv in guild to utilize this feature, which can then be connected to the Google Home(Opens in a new window) app.

Once the target device is added to your Google Domicile, Open the app and tap the plus (+) icon in the height-left corner to add together a device, if needed. Otherwise, tap the device to which you want to cast and tapCast my screen at the bottom to place your phone screen on the Boob tube. When you're done, tapStop mirroring in the app.

Some Fire Boob tube and Roku streaming devices as well support with screen mirroring, though check with Amazon(Opens in a new window) and Roku(Opens in a new window), respectively, to ensure compatibility for your specific devices.

Support for screen mirroring has varied by manufacturer since the feature was introduced with Android version 5.0 Lollipop. Many phones take a Cast button built into the phone's settings or in the pulldown settings shade. Samsung's phones have something called Smart View to connect and share to and from your mobile device.

Connect With an Adapter or Cable

If you don't have a Chromecast-compatible device, use an HDMI cable and adapter to connect your phone to your TV and mirror what's on your screen. Yous have a few dissimilar options here, and which ane you cull will depend on the type of brandish you're connecting to, how long, and—most chiefly—whether or non you'll need to charge your phone while doing it.

The simplest option is a USB-C to HDMI adapter(Opens in a new window). If your phone has a USB-C port, you can plug this adapter into your phone, and and then plug an HDMI cable into the adapter to connect to the TV. Your phone will need to support HDMI Alt Style, which allows mobile devices to output video. This method will take up your charging port, unless your adapter has a charging port(Opens in a new window).

If you have an older Micro USB-style port, you volition demand a micro USB to HDMI adapter(Opens in a new window). With this method, your phone volition demand to support a dissimilar protocol chosen MHL. If yous accept a supported telephone, hook it upward to the adapter, then attach an HDMI cable and connect it to a Television receiver.

Stream With DLNA

If the previous options don't work for you, most internet-connected TVs support a streaming protocol chosen DLNA, which volition let yous stream your own music and videos to your TV. Be warned, though, that Netflix (and any DRM content) won't be supported hither. Fortunately, this all the same covers most things you might desire to send from your phone to your Tv set.

LocalCast(Opens in a new window) is a simple and free app that lets you stream your ain music, photos, or videos to a DLNA device like a smart TV or console. It also supports streaming to Chromecast targets, which is handy if you want to share your own files on a TV without mirroring your entire screen. The app even allows you to stream from Google Bulldoze, Dropbox, and web pages. AllCast(Opens in a new window) is similar to LocalCast, but you must upgrade to the premium version to remove ads.

The pop media direction app Plex(Opens in a new window) also works equally a DLNA streamer, though in a less direct way. A Plex server running on your computer tin can host music, photos, or videos, and stream them to your Tv. You tin can utilise the mobile app(Opens in a new window) to browse your library, selection which media to stream, and send it to the idiot box via Chromecast or DLNA.

The downside to using the Plex app is that the computer where you ready your server will need to be on and connected to the net any time y'all desire to stream your files. However, Plex does permit you lot to host media files far larger than the ones that would fit on your phone.

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