Technology has advanced and life has been constantly made better for us all to enjoy and be at peace with. Now, watching videos and tv shows has gone beyond viewing them on your television set. It can be done on your phone now.
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Smartphones have gotten bigger and better over the years. Most smartphones, just as their name suggests, feature an OLED panel with a 6-inch and above, stereo speakers, and a lot of other good stuff. But the comfort of watching the content of your choice on your TV’s big screen while you are chilling on the couch is matchless, anytime and any day. Moreso, with the goodness of technology, a phone can be connected to a television, and various activities both for leisure and learning such as taking online courses, watching programs and shows, and engaging classes can be done on it.
Part 1. How To Connect a Phone To a TV Wirelessly
Connection of your phone to your tv can be done in two ways, using wire cords or wirelessly. To connect your phone to a tv using a wireless connection, your phone doesn't need to be in the same instant or exact location as your TV set. A question might be in your mind right now or you might be thinking, "How do I connect my phone to my TV without a USB cord?"
This post will put you through and show you how to connect your phone to your TV set wirelessly. It doesn't matter the Android phone you are using. You can use the methods described in this article to connect your phone to your TV wirelessly, though one major thing to note is the compatibility of your phone to your TV.
Compatibility between your phone and your TV may vary based on the model of the TV being used and the kind of video being supplied to it also. You can connect a phone to a television set wirelessly using the following methods :
Method 1. Connecting Phone to TV using Chromecast
Chromecast is a small device that you can plug into your TV's HDMI port. After attaching the Chromecast to the HDMI connector on your Tv, go ahead and use it to broadcast any content from your phone to your TV directly after it is connected.
Since it is a little, portable device that is incredibly simple to set up and operate, you will find it very easy to navigate too.
Here's how to link your phone to your TV using Google Chromecast:
- Connect the Chromecast device to your TV's HDMI port.
- Verify that your TV and your phone are using the same Wi-Fi network. This is a very important step.
- On your phone, launch the app you want to cast. To launch an app is simply to open an app you want to use. For instance, open the YouTube app on your phone, if you want to watch a YouTube video on your TV.
- Search through the app for the Cast icon. To identify the Cast icon, look out for a small rectangle with a Wi-Fi symbol in the corner. G ahead and click on it.
- From the list of available devices, select your Chromecast device and click on it.
- Your TV will now begin to play the content director from your phone
Method 2. Connecting your Phone to your TV using the screen mirroring method
The terms used to describe this method and the procedures to enable the feature may differ depending on the smartphone manufacturer, even though screen mirroring is a feature found on the majority of smartphones.
However, here is how to wirelessly link the Android phone screen to a smart TV.
- Once you've reached the Quick Settings panel of your phone which is mostly upward, swipe down twice from the top of the screen to reveal the Cast option.
- If you are finding it hard to locate the Cast on your phone, or you can't see the option, tap on the Edit button and locate the Screen Cast toggle.
- Next, you hold and drag or move the cast button to the quick settings tray, and while you are doing that,
- Switch the Screen Cast button and check to see if your Smart TV appears on the list.
- Once you've confirmed this, go ahead and enjoy this feature.
Method 3. Connecting Phone to TV using Airplay
All Apple devices come with a very special function called Airplay. This feature found in iPhones, iPods, and Apple Laptops allows you to wirelessly broadcast video from any of these devices directly to your TV. If you own an Apple TV, you can utilize Airplay to wirelessly link your phone to the TV, without any hassle or struggle whatsoever.
Here is how you can use Airplay to connect your smartphone to your TV:
- Verify that your TV and your phone are using the same Wi-Fi network. This is a very important step as well as the first step.
- On your phone, launch the app you want to cast. Launching the app is simply opening or clicking on the app you want to stream from. For instance, if you view YouTube videos on your TV, you can launch the YouTube app on your iPhone.
- Then, check the app for the Airplay icon. The Airplay icon on your iPhone looks like a small rectangle with a triangle in the corner). Click on it.
- From the list of available devices, click on your Apple TV.
- You will notice that once you click on it, your Tv will now begin to play the content.
In conclusion, you do not have to search any further because the question lurking in your mind of how do I pair my phone with my TV has been adequately answered in this article, explained, as well as broken down into bits and pieces for you to practice.
With your mobile device,either your smartphone or your iPhones or iPad, you can get so much more use from it as well as view it's content on a larger screen,and in this case, your television set.
These are some of the most well-liked and easy-to-navigate ways to wirelessly connect your phone to a TV that you or anybody else can use. Therefore, you may easily do it the next time you want to view a movie or video on the big screen, and more so, without using any cords.
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