How to Screen mirror Android phone to TV

Screen mirror Android to TV

So today we are going to see how to display your Android screen mirror on your TV. How to wirelessly screen Android phones & tablets to TV. With the help of screen mirroring, you can watch YouTube, and Netflix, play your favorite mobile games & project anything that you are doing with your phone to a bigger screen TV. All this includes HD and smart TVs that connect to WiFi. There are many questions regarding screen mirroring like – How to:

A) connect screen mirroring

b) how to connect the phone to TV wireless

c) share mobile screen on TV

d) display Android screen on TV

e) how to connect the phone to smart TV

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1. Screen mirroring

It is sometimes called screen casting. As it allows you to mirror your mobile phone content to your TV screen. So if you have a smart TV with a Wi-Fi connection, you can do a screen mirroring for free. Make sure that your Android phone has a screen mirroring feature. Nowadays most smartphones have screen mirroring features. All the devices that offer screen mirroring are named something like – All share screen, screencast or media output, etc. The other devices that are older than Android 4.1 may not have the screen mirroring feature.

Some of the newer mobile devices will have smart TVs rather than screen mirroring in the menu function. So you need to open a connection for screen mirroring on both on smartphone & your TV for the connection to work successfully.

How to find out your device has the screen mirroring or smart view function, is to use 2 fingers to pull down the extended notification menu. So if your device doesn’t have this feature, you can still connect via quick connect.

2. Google Chromecast

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So the first thing that comes to our mind while casting Android screen is Chromecast. It is a $50 device from Google. The good thing about the Chromecast is it has the least latency compared to other solutions. Moreover, you can easily play games wirelessly which is not possible with any other available options.

cast screen to Chromecast

Google Chromecast is a media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV. So simply use your mobile device & the TV you already own to stream your favorite TV shows like – Sports, music, games & more etc. This device turns your HD TV into a smart TV. The Google Chromecast works with Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Mac & Chrome books, etc. To set up the Google Chromecast, you need to connect the HDMI cable to your TV & then plug the micro USB cable into the Chromecast. Then plug the adapter into an available USB port on your TV. Turn on your TV & switch it to the correct HDMI port. Finally, download the Chromecast App on your smartphone. For Google Chromecast, you need to have a strong Wi-Fi connection with a good range from your router.

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3. Quick Connect

This feature only works on the Samsung devices. It allows you to easily connect using WiFi or Bluetooth to search other mobile devices, Smart TVs & streaming devices like Amazon Fire TV Stick. Moreover, you can use QuickConnect to share content like videos, audio, images & screen mirrors as well. So if you are connecting to a TV, it needs to be capable of supporting WiFi connections.

You will need to have this enabled for Quick Connect to detect.

1. Slide your finger down from the top screen, as to pull down the notification bar.
2. Select Quick Connect, so if it is the first time you have used Quick Connect, you may be prompted to update or enable it.
3. Now select the device you like to have a connection.
4. Select the content you like to share.
5. Tap the share icon.

The device you are connecting to may request that you allow the connection. So tap agree, Allow, or OK.

In this way, you can screen mirror your Android device to TV.