How To Play Your Phone On Your Tv Through A Cord

These days, nearly people take a smart Telly loaded with apps. However, there are however times when y'all're watching something on your phone and want to share information technology with the room, or just run into information technology on a bigger display. Like iPhone users, those with Android devices have their options.

If you're looking to connect your Android telephone to the TV, you tin do then through the built-in Cast characteristic, a third-party app, or a cablevision hookup. Let'southward break downwards your choices, from the simplest solution to the most complex.

Cast With Chromecast

Chromecast with Google Goggle box (Credit: Google)

The Chromecast streaming device used to be your best bet for casting content to your TV. However, at present Chromecast with Google Goggle box offers its own native apps, and many supported apps(Opens in a new window), such equally Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and Google Photos, live on your Android TV.

Still, if you have a Chromecast dongle or a smart TV with congenital-in Chromecast support(Opens in a new window), you lot tin cast apps and Chrome web pages from your phone to the big screen with a few taps. In order to do this, your telephone must be on the same Wi-Fi network as your streaming dongle or smart Telly.

For an app like HBO Max that has congenital-in support, you lot should just have to tap the foursquare-shaped cast icon, then choose the compatible device to which you'd similar to bandage. Casting is the ideal option for apps (and websites) with copyrighted content, since apps, such as Netflix, will black out the video if you try screen mirroring.

While Apple TV does not work with Google Cast, some Burn TV and Roku streaming devices practise support it, though cheque with Amazon(Opens in a new window) and Roku(Opens in a new window) to ensure compatibility for your specific devices. Once connected to the streaming device, you should be able to cast through the Continued Devices/Connections setting on your telephone.

Android Screen Mirroring

Screen mirroring is all-time for watching your own videos directly from your telephone. Information technology is also skilful for sharing apps that don't contain protected content or accept no official support for casting. You will still need a Chromecast, a compatible smart Tv, or another streaming device that supports this feature. Once again, Apple TV is not uniform.

In society to use this feature, you demand to connect your device(Opens in a new window) to the Google Dwelling house(Opens in a new window) app. Once done, open the app and select the target device. Tap the Cast my screen button at the bottom to put your phone screen on the Television. When you're done, tapTerminate mirroring in the app.

Support for screen mirroring has varied by manufacturer since the feature was introduced with Android version v.0 Lollipop. Many phones have a Cast button congenital in to the phone'due south settings or in the pull-downwardly 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

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If y'all don't have a Chromecast-uniform device, use an HDMI cable and adapter to connect your phone to your Boob tube and mirror what'south on your screen. You lot take a few different options here, and which one you choose will depend on the type of display you're connecting to, how long, and—about chiefly—whether or non you lot'll demand to charge your telephone while doing it.

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The simplest pick is a USB-C to HDMI adapter(Opens in a new window). If your phone has a USB-C port, you lot can plug this adapter in to your telephone, plug an HDMI cable in to the adapter, then connect the cablevision to the Boob tube. Your phone will need to support HDMI Alt Way, which allows mobile devices to output video.

Keep in heed that this method volition take up your charging port on your telephone, so if y'all plan to mirror content to your Goggle box on a regular footing, you will swallow up your battery. In this case, you may adopt to use a USB-C to HDMI adapter that includes a charging port(Opens in a new window). You can so charge the phone while screen mirroring.

If y'all have an older Micro USB-style port, you lot will need a micro USB to HDMI adapter(Opens in a new window). With this method, your phone will need to back up a different protocol called MHL. If yous have a supported telephone, hook it upwardly to the adapter, and so adhere an HDMI cable and connect it to a TV.

Stream With DLNA

If the previous options don't piece of work for you lot, most internet-connected TVs support a streaming protocol called DLNA, which will permit yous stream your own music and videos to your Tv. Be warned, though, that Netflix (and whatsoever DRM content) won't exist supported here. Fortunately, this nevertheless covers well-nigh things yous might want to transport from your phone to your Television set.

Apps such as LocalCast(Opens in a new window) and AllCast(Opens in a new window) are simple and free apps that lets you stream your own music, photos, or videos to a DLNA device like a smart Telly or console. They also support streaming to Chromecast targets, which is handy if you want to share your own files on a TV without mirroring your unabridged screen. Yous can even stream from Google Drive, Dropbox, and web pages.

The popular media management app Plex(Opens in a new window) too works as 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 can use the mobile app(Opens in a new window) to browse your library, pick which media to stream, and send it to the television via Chromecast or DLNA.

The downside to using the Plex app is that the computer where y'all set your server will demand to be on and connected to the internet whatsoever fourth dimension you lot want to stream your files. However, yous tin set your computer to run with the lid airtight. Ultimately, Plex does allow you to host media files far larger than the ones that would fit on your phone.

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