How to cast laptop to TV using Chromecast

Chromecast is a very wonderful device, which has ability to convert your normal TV into smart TV. Using Chromecast you can cast video along with sound from popular media streaming apps, e.g. Netflix, Hotstar, Voot, Jio Cinema etc. In this post we will see how to cast laptop to TV using Chromecast.

How Chromecast works

Chromecast is a media-streaming device, which can be connected with TV using HDMI port and having Wi-Fi receiver inbuilt. When you setup Chromecast in your android mobile, it connects with your mobile using Wi-Fi router, and having ability to download and stream contents directly from internet to your TV.

For only selecting the desired movie and TV shows you require your Android mobile. Once it connects with the desired media, it directly connects with the Wi-Fi router and stream contents from internet. You can use your mobile thereafter for another work. Whatever apps supported with Chromecast, You can cast their content to TV.

Now a lot of or we can say most apps supported cast feature using Chromecast, except some like Amazon Prime video.

Using Chromecast, you can also screen mirror your android mobile screen to TV for watching photographs and videos, even you can use your laptop and desktop to watch contents on TV wirelessely withour needs of HDMI cable, if they are on the same Wi-FI network which Chromecast has.

How to cast laptop to TV using Chromecast including audio

To connect your Laptop or desktop with Chromecast, you will require Google Chrome browser on your Laptop or PC to be installed. Chromecast only works with Chrome browser, some developer working on making Firefox extension for Mozilla Firefox, which is still in beta stage.

Your laptop should be connected with the same SSID of  Wi-Fi router, if you have desktop it should be connected with the same router using Ethernet cable.

Open Google Chrome browser, from the three dots at right side, click over cast button. You will see the following pop up, where from the dropdown in sources, select “Cast Desktop”, and now click over the Chromecast name shown, here for example shown as living room.

One more screen will pop up where you will see option to share audio, check this radio button (by default it is checked on). Now click over share button. And you are done, your whole desktop/ Laptop is now screen mirrored with TV including audio.

 

If you want to share only Chrome browser current Tab, that can also be done. Now test by watching some movies on the Laptop or TV. It should work fine.

Using the screen mirror feature you can watch movies, watch prime videos using browser cast to the TV and even cast your power point presentations on the TV.

If you have wireless, keyboard and mouse than you can manage easily your content and power points from suitable distance. if you want to cast your laptop without Wi-Fi router, see the following steps on how to cast laptop to TV without Wi-Fi router.

How to cast laptop to TV where no Wi-Fi router available

Suppose you want to connect your laptop to a TV to run a presentation using power point, but there are no Wi-Fi routers available, than you can follow these steps.

Connect the chrome cast into the HDMI port of the TV, now you will require a portable Hotspot device like JioFI for airtel Wi-Fi dongle. If you do not have these devices, use your phone’s hotspot feature to connect the device with the Chromecast. To setup Chromecast you need another Android device which will use to setup new home using Google Home app.

After setup is completed, connect your laptop with the same Wi-Fi network e.g. hotspot of mobile.

Now you can screen mirror your laptop screen to TV using chrome cast without Wi-Fi router. In this method once setup is completed for Chromecast, further internet connection is not required only hotspot shall be required to cast laptop over to TV.

How to run PPT presentation from directly mobile to TV using Chromecast

If you want to run power point directly from your mobile to TV using Chromecast, you need to install Google Slide app from play store, this app can open power point from your Google Drive online and can also open the power point from mobile’s local storage.

See our previous post on how to run power point presentations from mobile to TV.

See the YouTube video on how to cast laptop to TV using Chromecast

You can also cast Android Screen on Laptop using Windows 10 inbuilt wireless display feature that works with the help of connect app.

 

If you want to connect Laptop to TV wirelessly without use of Chromecast you follow the steps as described in our post how to connect laptop to TV wirelessly or wired.

Conclusion

Using Chromecast you can not only cast your Android mobile, even you can cast your laptop or desktop to TV.

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