The mobile phone has become a Swiss army knife by adding a large number of functions when using different applications. Thanks to connectivity, a tool gives it unusual uses, which is enough for us to do almost everything, including using it as a remote control on occasions.
Thanks to the infrared connections, 4G/5G Bluetooth and WiFi, it will be enough to be able to connect to a television, send files to devices, connect to headphones and both mobile and wireless data connections. The possibilities are many, as many as you get to plan throughout the use of the phone and tablet.
In this tutorial you will see how to use smartview on android and be a second remote control of the television, all this sending the signal from your terminal to the other point. The configuration requires a few steps and waiting for the connection of the two points to start working as if you had a new controller.
What is SmartView?
Smart View is the official application of Samsung that will allow you to enjoy the multimedia content of your phone and PC on any Smart TV from the manufacturer. You can use the Smart View app on the TV without having to use its original remote, having the same functions and sending any content quickly.
The first and initial thing is to connect the app to the television, once it has been connected you will be able to send videos, music and images, coming to play at that precise moment. It is interactive, so much so that when you send a file It doesn't take just two seconds to start broadcasting whatever is going through your phone.
The application adds a player to play images, music and videos, it is quite versatile when it comes to working remarkably. In addition to the phone, the computer can also be connected through the use of Smart View, downloadable and usable on a laptop or desktop computer.
Configure Smart View for use
How Smart View works depends on your configuration, it is important to take a few steps to configure the application and start using it on your Samsung Smart TV. It is available on Android, iOS and Windows, emphasizing that it is not available in the Google Play Store at the moment.
It is a great utility, thanks to it we can control any Smart TV from the manufacturer, for this we have to pair the phone/PC with it initially. Pairing your phone, tablet or computer won't take long, just a minute if you follow the step by step and connect automatically.
To configure Smart View from an Android device, Do the following:
- Connect the phone and TV to the same Wi-Fi network, thanks to this the two can find and interact with each other at all times
- Download the application for your device, either on Android (Uptodown, for example, has it available from this link), iOS or Windows
- Once you download and install it, go to the next step
- Launch the Smart View app on your phone/tablet or PC
- Give “Allow” to all permissions, it is necessary for proper operation
- Select your TV, it will show you the nearby devices, choose your model and click “OK”
- Press "Allow" again, this time on the TV
- Now select a file to play, for example a video file from your phone and launch it
It's that simple to connect, for example, the telephone, tablet or computer on a Samsung Smart TV with the Smart View app, right now available on official sites. The Google Play file has been deleted, you have alternatives as it is available on sites like Uptodown, Filehorse, among many others.
Send content from other applications
An important benefit of Smart View is being able to send application content of third parties. For example, if you want to view a video clip that you like, you have to follow a few steps to see it on the big screen, in this case connected and paired at all times to the same WiFi.
It will not work if you have connected to the mobile with the operator's data connection, the TV is connected to a Wi-Fi network, since the two will not be seen at any time. In addition to YouTube you will be able to launch other services, such as Dailymotion, Hulu and other preferred streaming services.
If you want to send a file from YouTube, do the following step to bring it to your TV screen:
- Connect the TV to the same WiFi network as the phone, the two have to be paired
- Start the YouTube application on your phone and search for any video you want to send, it is necessary if you want to send a clip from this platform
- Once it is playing, YouTube will show a projection icon with a Wi-Fi signal, click on it, it will open a new window, select the Smart TV
- If you have done this, you will see how the image on your phone is the same as you are playing at that moment on the television, which is similar to cloning, but this time you can send videos from this and other platforms in the same way that you have done with YouTube
Project the screen
One of the many things that your phone will allow thanks to Smart View is to duplicate the screen, also known as projecting what appears on it to your device, be it a phone or tablet. To do this, you need to have the application installed on your phone or tablet, to do so, download it from Uptodown.
A little experience in using the phone is required, although it is not necessary if you follow everything step by step, since it is simple that you can start to see anything on the big screen whenever you send content directly from the application, which will be your interlocutor at all times.
To mirror or project the screen, do this step by step:
- Open the quick settings, to do this pull the top down, pull down again to get more options, specifically those of the Samsung Smart View application
- It will show you an option called «Screen mirroring», translated into Spanish is «Duplicate screen», click on it
- Now press on Broadcast and connect from the device you want
- Select the TV and whatever you are doing will be displayed in high resolution