Since you have decided to buy a chromecast to watch your favorite movies on the big screen from a smartphone or tablet, you would like to find out more how Google Cast works, the technology on which the HDMI dongle is based. With this new guide today we will go to discover together just this.
Google Cast: what it is
As mentioned earlier, G is a protocol developed by the Mountain View giant that allows you to broadcast audio and video content from one device to another without the aid of cables, then in completely wireless way.
How Google Cast works
Compared to technology Miracast which works very similar to G, the latter processes the content internally and then reproduces it autonomously, so it is not just a copy-paste of the display of the main device.
In this case, the latter takes on the role of a real one remote control which allows you to choose the contents to be reproduced while the actual reproduction takes place inside the dongle with protocol Google cast.
Taking a practical example to make you understand how it works, if you start a movie on your smartphone Netflix and stream it to the TV to which a is connected chromecast by pressing the appropriate button, you can enjoy the film on the TV screen and continue doing what you want on your phone.
With the protocol MiracastHowever, it is not possible to do this as every operation done on the smartphone is automatically reproduced on the large TV screen.
How to use Google Cast
You can use the Big G technology starting from uses, programs e functionality compatible with this protocol. First of all, for this standard to work properly, the application or program from which the content to be played and the playback device (e.g. TV) must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network or via cable via Ethernet.
On the square you can find different devices, apps and programs compatible with the technology G. For example, you can post content from yours computer (such as an Internet page) using the Chrome browser or watch a video via YouTube and send it to the big screen by pressing the appropriate button or watch a movie or TV series on Netflix and transmit it on your TV display by always pressing the appropriate button.
In addition to chromecast, you can take advantage of all Smart TVs equipped with the Android TV operating system as, being an operating system made by Google, it integrates technology G. Alternatively, it is possible to use some TV Boxes on the market such as theNVIDIA Shield TV or it Xiaomi Mi Box TV, both equipped by Android TV.
For other Smart TV models not equipped with the Google OS, you can only take advantage of theapps on YouTube. Once installed correctly on the TV from the market dedicated to applications, you just need to search for the content on your smartphone or tablet using the dedicated app, press the transmit button present at the top right and choose the name of your TV in the list of available devices.
On an Android or iOS smartphone / tablet, you can play content on the big screen very easily. All you have to do is open the app of your interest (eg. Netflix o YouTube), select the content to view and then press on transmit button which is usually found at the top right. Using the list that appears, identify the device to be used for transmission (eg. chromecast) And that's it.
If you have a device Android, you can fully transmit the screen to the chromecast or to the chosen device. To do this, open the Settings of Android by pressing onicon gear present on the home screen, in the drawer or by pulling down the notification curtain and find the menu dedicated to connected devices. If the search function is present in the menu from Settings, use it to access it. In conclusion, press on the voice Broadcast on and select the device of your interest from the list that appears.
As a computer, you can take advantage of technology G by downloading and installing the Chrome browser. The Internet browser program of the Mountain View giant allows you to send, to a receiving device, the entire desktop, an audio / video file or the page you are visiting at that moment. To do this, just start your browser, click on 3 dots at the top right and choose Broadcast ... give the menu to compare.
Once this is done, choose References to select the content to be transmitted and select the device of your interest (eg. chromecast) from the proposed list. If you use another browser, then you can take advantage G with some Internet sites that support it by law. Examples are Netflix e YouTube.
Google cast: compatible apps and programs
At this point, if you want to discover applications, programs and operating systems compatible with the protocol of the Californian company, then take a look at the long list below:
- Netflix (Web/Android/iOS)
- YouTube (Web/Android/iOS)
- Spotify (Web/Android/iOS)
- Google Play Music (Web/Android/iOS)
- AllCast (Android/iOS)
- Facebook (Android / iOS)
- Video & TV Cast Chromecast (Android/iOS)
- LocalCast for Chromecast (Android/iOS)
- YouTube Music (Web/Android/iOS)
- YouTube Kids (Android/iOS)
- Google Play Film (Web/Android/iOS)
- Plex (Android/iOS)
- Twitch (Android/iOS)
- Google Photo (Android / iOS)
- SoundCloud (Android/iOS)
- YuppTV (Android/iOS)
- Dailymotion (Android/iOS)
- Crunchyroll (Android/iOS)
- TuneIn Radio (Android/iOS)
- Web Video Cast (Android/iOS)
- MLB At Bat (Android/iOS)
- Videostream Chromecast (Android/iOS)
- Viki (Android / iOS)
- Tidal (Android/iOS)
- AllConnect (Android/iOS)
- ESPN (Android/iOS)
- WWE (Android/iOS)
- Video & TV Cast Vizio Android TV Streamer (Android)
- Pocket Casts (Android/iOS)
- SlingPlayer (Android/iPhone/iPad)
- Tubio (Android / iOS)
- BubbleUPnP (Android)
- All Screen (Android)
- Just Dance Now (Android/iOS)
- UFC (Android/iOS)
- Deezer (Android / iOS)
- Google Chrome (Windows / macOS / Linux)
- Chrome OS
- Android
- Infinity (Web/Android/iOS)
- NOW TV (Android / iOS)
- TIMVision (Web / Android / iOS)
