Use your Android phone to cast to your TV
Watching TV, looking through photos or streaming videos on your phone is convenient, but why stick to that little screen?
This is where screen mirroring comes in. The screen mirroring or casting options on Android phones and tablets let you enjoy movies, TV shows, pictures or slideshows on the larger, more enhanced displays of our televisions.
So, how can you mirror the screen from your Android device to a TV? The process is actually more simple than you might think. We’ll show you how.
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What is screen mirroring?
Screen mirroring allows you to the media that’s playing on one device, like a smartphone or tablet, to a larger screen for a better overall viewing experience.
The big screen is usually a projector or television that you have set up in the man cave or living room. You can cast photos, slideshows, music, videos, movies and more. Content can also originate from a separate video player app like Netflix, Hulu or YouTube.
Screen mirroring is useful for office meetings as well. In a business setting, it’s frequently used during meetings, presentations, and lectures to easily display relevant content to others in the conference room.
It’s also used in K-12 and higher education to promote collaboration, display student work and add mobility/accessibility to instructional delivery.
All in all, screen mirroring is a useful and convenient option for personal, professional and educational purposes. Mostly due to the fact that it’s a “localized” action, which means the screen-sending device (phone/tablet) and screen-receiving device (TV/projector) need to be on the same network.
How does screen mirroring work?
First things first, you’ll need to find your preferred method for mirroring.
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