Google Chromecast - Streaming Device with HDMI Cable - Stream Shows, Music, Photos, and Sports from Your Phone to Your TV

UPDATE: I now have an LG V40 ThinQ with Android 10.0 and the Chromecast is still great. I can send almost anything on my phone to the Chromecast and my TV. It is wonderful. I was looking for a way to send videos from my Android phone to my 2013 Samsung Smart TV. I use Netflix and my TV has an old, outdated version. I also use Prime Video and Kodi which my TV doesn't have. This Chromcast allows me to watch both of these and more on my TV. It was simple to install. I plugged it into my TV's HDMI socket and the power into my home's AC outlet. Then installed Google Home on my phone and followed the instructions. It took some fiddling with the programs but it works great. I read in one of the other reviews that it didn't work plugging the power cable into the TV's USB port. They were right and wrong. The Chromecast uses a 1 amp power supply. My TV has 2 USB ports; a 1 amp and a 0.5 amp. When I used the 1 amp port, it worked the same as plugging it in to an outlet. Now Netflix works simply as per the instructions. However, to get the others to work needs a little ingenuity. I have an HTC 10 phone, but this should work with others. I start Google Home first. Then go into my phone's settings to where the VPN and data exchange settings are. My phone calls the setting "HTC Connect". It tells the phone where to play the media. When you choose it, it lists the Phone, DNLA devices and the Chromecast. When you pick Chromecast, the phone's screen gets played, in real time, on the TV along with the phone. Now, anything you see on your phone gets played on your TV also. It's like using a phone with a 40 inch screen. Along with movies, you can stream music, photos, games, etc. I will be getting a new phone in a few days and will update these instructions when it arrives. UPDATE: I purchased a new LG V40 ThinQ cell phone. And it works with Chromecast just like my HTC phone did. You can stream with supported apps like Netflix or share using settings. The setting is under "Connected Devices". It is called "Screen Sharing" and Chromecast is listed like it was on my HTC. Obviously, I cannot promise that it will work with all phones, but it seems likely that it will.

I was having trouble trying to get my HDMI to VGA adapter working properly to connect my TV to the Internet, so instead I opted for this Chromecast purchase. I plug it into the HDMI on my TV and then install the Chromecast app and Google Home app on my iPhone to connect. Your TV has to be directly connected to the internet of course for this to work properly and your phone must be connected to the same WiFi in your house. Once you have those all updated, you then download the apps to your phone: Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock etc. to properly cast them to your TV. Your apps all need to be also updated on your TV Cast app (The app needs to know about your streaming apps... I know, all lays it on a bit thick). Once you have downloaded all that properly, you should be able to cast whatever your phone is about to play (instead of it playing on your cell phone) and then hit the cast button in the top right corner of the Netflix app, Hulu app, Disney+app, Peacock and etc apps to send the stream to your TV instead. Voila! Your TV is streaming! This works especially well for older smart TVs that work just fine, but don't quite have Disney+ because that service is too new to show up in your TV's app store. The Chromecast is like an additional gadget to get an upgrade. Hope this all made sense and your Chromecast works as well as mine does on all my streaming services. -G

Very Nice. Can be used with Google Home and a hotspot on your phone to watch what you wish while at hotels. Plug into the HMDI outlet and watch your own stuff. Have been doing this for 10 years. I use a tablet as the source.

Setup was easy enough. The Google Home app is as intrusive as anything Google does, with the usual Google crap but it walked me through set up quickly and clearly. I set it up on my just-retired phone. I can check my mail, which takes me out of wifi range, while pausing my movie. Leave it paused too long, though, (maybe after 10 minutes or so) and plan on starting your connection over from scratch. A few problems. Sometimes the pause button is hard to find. Sometimes it's on the locked screen, sometimes you have to hit the unlock button, sometimes I have to turn the phone on. (As in, unlock the phone) Your connection to the web site may time out, while the content is still streaming through the unit. If you want to backtrack or fast forward, that can be a pain. I ran it all day yesterday, (Mostly youtube music, with movies and shows interspersed) and it spontaneously rebooted late at night. Unit and plug were warmer than I like to see, too. You don't actually mirror your phone screen on the tv screen, but if the media has the little "cast" icon, you can play it on the tv. Some sites, you have to go to full screen on your phone for the icon to appear. Prime, for example, will play series shows without interruption, but when a movie ends, I have to find the next one on the phone. It's not perfect, but it does work. They say to control the volume with the phone volume control, but the control on the tv works just fine.

Excelente producto si tú tv es viejita y necesitas un receptor para que trabaje como una Smart tv y puedas transmitir tus series y movies desde tu phone 📱 a tu tv 📺 un chromocast es ideal para ti ☺️ como lo a sido para mí. Tengo dos que compré acá y hasta puedo transmitir videos de facebook sin ningún problema. Son muy duraderos, la trasmisión es estable fácil de controlar. Buen calidad de video y volumen la velocidad para conectar excelente todo. Muy recomendado.

Got this for my brother, who doesn't have internet besides his phone and spends much of his time immersed in youtube. Was hoping he'd get on board with hooking his phone to it so everyone could be entertained with whatever nonsense he was watching. Connecting his phone to it was simple, and it stayed connected for all of one evening proving that OK quality streaming was possible. The Google Home app made for a decent remote control with all the features you'd need, so I figured maybe he'd be happy with it. Left it there, and he just ignored it until it was almost forgotten. A year or more later another pal messed with it and got it working, and that lasted all of maybe a day. More years passed, and I have no clue what happened to the device. All I can tell ya is that he now uses a USB C to HDMI adapter to share signal to his TV, and whatever he has on is usually just as boring as watching him have thumb relations with his phone in silence. Don't let my bad experience turn you away from this awesome device that makes your dumb TV smart. Perhaps you, your relative or your friend will actually care enough to use it.

Really easy to setup using the Google Home app. I have a Google Home mini(smart speaker) that works with this device and allows you to play and pause just by speaking, which is really nice. I like the idea of the Google Chromecast. I think it's a neat idea and it is really reliable (more so than Amazon fire TV). As long as you understand that this IS NOT a standalone device, you should be happy with it. The way it works is-you use your iOS or Android device with a compatible app (look for the cast icon), establish a connection, and then you use your phone as a remote. The Chromecast has no user interface to speak of. You pick what content you want on another device and then cast to the Chromecast. If you are watching a tv series on Netflix for instance, when the episode you are watching finishes, the next one will automatically play. You can also cast from the Chrome web browser which will let you access things like Prime Video which doesn't have casting capabilities in the mobile app. I would recommend using an app over the browser when you can, because it's a smoother experience. There are a few extras like being able to mirror the screen from your mobile device to your tv, if that is something you have a need for. You can also view your google photos in a slideshow while the chromecast is inactive. You can do this in the settings for the chromecast in the google home app. I think this is worth $35, and I would recommend it if you can deal with a slightly less conventional TV/Movie watching experience. After using this a while, I prefer it to an android tv or roku type of OS. I just think they should beef up the Google Assistant features( more like Android TV). Edit: In the time since my original review, Amazon prime video now allows for casting from the iOS and Android mobile apps. Amazon and Google are on better terms now and as a result the fire tv and echo shows now have the YouTube app again and Amazon is selling Google hardware on this site again too. Just wanted to update my review.

Muy bueno, cumple!!

Only slideshow.

A handy gadget when you don’t have a smart TV Works with iphone

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Schnell geliefert. Qualität wie gedacht sehr gut. Funktioniert einwandfrei.

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