Extend Screen For Chromecast On A How To Take Advantage

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Read more April 21, 2016 When using your Google Chromecast, you can share the whole screen from your Android or Apple smartphone.

Extend Screen For Chromecast On A How To Take Advantage

If you didnt already know this, heres how to take advantage of the nifty full-screen feature: Get the Google Cast App Go to either Google Play for Android or the Apple App Store for iPhone, and get the Google Cast App for your device.

Once the app installs on your Android phone or iPhone, it shows you Whats On, Devices (Chromecast devices), and Get Apps.

Now youre ready to either watch the suggested items from the Whats On listings or Get Apps that are Chromecast ready.

You can also search for movies or shows in the search bar at the top of the Google Cast App.

At the top of your screen, youll see the casting icon; tap it and select your Chromecast device to cast the YouTube video to your TV through it.

To disconnect from your Chromecast device, tap the casting icon again.

Your smartphone will show a pop-up for your Chromecast device; just select Stop Casting or Disconnect.

Using your Chromecast in full-screen mode is an excellent experience.

Pretty cool tech, huh But were not done yet...

Get the Chrome Extension You may already use the Chrome browser for your daily Internet travels.

Dont have it installed already Grab a download of the most current Chrome release.

There are two versions available: the stable release and the Beta release, targeted more at developers for testing purposes.

Navigate to YouTube in the Chrome browser (well use YouTube as our example again).

On the YouTube page, select Play on TV and the Chromecast extension will open for you to select your Chromecast device.

Alternatively, you could just as easily click the Google Cast icon in the upper right of your Chrome browser and do the sameselect the Chromecast and cast to your TV.

Not too hard, right As long as youre using Chrome with the Google Cast extension installed, once you select your Google Chromecast device, it automatically displays what youre casting to fit the entire TV screen.

Ill be covering more topics to teach you how to get the most out of your Google Chromecast, so check back for more helpful casting tips Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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