Google Slides would fare well if you want an emergency projection system for your presentation. It shows you the time on one slide which is important if you’ve allocated time to each slide. Google Slides helps you cast and control your Google Slides from your phone to your TV.
It’s similar to how Spotify Connect works, but it’s obviously not restricted to use with just the one app.Also Read: Chromecast v FireStick v Roku v Android TV v Apple TV: Which one to buy? Best Chromecast Apps 1. The advantages to this approach are numerous: quality is generally better thanks to the higher quality and more direct data transmission, there’s much less strain on your mobile device’s battery, any notifications or calls you receive won’t interfere with whatever is being streamed, and the video or audio won’t immediately stop if you move out of range of the Chromecast device that’s receiving it. Your phone or tablet is acting more like a fancy remote control, pointing your TV or speaker to what you want to watch or listen to. The big difference between ‘casting’ in this way and using Bluetooth or AirPlay (or AirPlay 2, for that matter) is that the ‘casted’ content is not coming from your handheld device but directly from the internet.
You can even ‘cast’ tabs from the Chrome web browser on PC or Mac, which is less fun but can be useful for work meetings and the like - you’ll find the option in Chrome’s settings menu.Īnd that’s it! Your content will be beamed to the big screen or music system, and you can control playback via your mobile device in the best quality your broadband connection can muster. Then connect your smartphone or tablet to the same Wi-Fi network as your TV, open up a Chromecast built-in-enabled app such as YouTube, Now TV, Netflix or Spotify and press the 'cast' button from within the app - it’s usually at the top right of the screen, and looks like a wi-fi symbol inside a rectangle. It’s pretty simple to stream content to any Chromecast device, whether that’s one of Google’s own or one with Chromecast built-in.įirst, make sure you have the Google Home app downloaded on your smart device, which you'll need to set up the 'cast' function. How do you stream to a Chromecast device? Thankfully, you can identify any product with Chromecast built-in by looking for the logo.
But since 2014 it's made the software available to all developers and manufacturers, allowing Chromecast built-in to be added to any product.Īlong the way, the many name changes have caused industry onlookers to scratch their heads.
Google first launched the Chromecast dongle with only a small number of compatible apps. The reason for all this inconsistency? Progress, mostly, and Google's piecemeal approach. The app used to set up and manage this streaming is called Google Home (which is separate from the voice-controlled speaker of the same name). So if a TV comes with Chromecast built-in, it's ready to receive content sent by a phone or tablet without the need of a dongle.Ĭhromecast built-in (formerly known as Google Cast) refers to a product's ability to 'cast' content, it means streaming it to a Chromecast-equipped or Chromecast built-in device. 'Chromecast built-in' is what Google calls the same streaming abilities integrated into TVs and displays.