Know what is Chromecast will allow us to know how to take advantage of this dongle or device for sending content streaming to the screen of our television. The best thing about Chromecast is that it can turn an old TV into a perfect screen for broadcasting content through our mobile.
That is if our TV over 10 years old has an HDMI connection, which we need to be able to connect Chromecast, we can broadcast content such as Netflix, Disney +, HBO, VLC and others from our mobile. We're going at it with a device that has been the best-seller for the Big G since it launched.
What is Chromecast
Chromecast is a device that Google launched a few years ago and that has a series of versions ranging from 1080p quality models, even those with 4K quality like the 2019 and 2020 models; although the latter even incorporates a remote control with Google TV, which allows us to completely transform our television.
La Chromecast's key is its HDMI connectionSo if you have a screen out there that you don't use, it has good quality and good sound, connecting this device through that connection, you can start streaming from your mobile; as long as you are connected to the same WiFi network so that it identifies it and you have the streaming icon from many apps available on our mobile
It was launched in 2013 and is basically a WiFi hotspot, which allows us to broadcast content through it; apart from that it is in itself a small PC with the basics.
Chromecast has released four generations:
- La broadcast quality first at 1080p at 60Hz
- The second generation with a new design and access to 5G WiFi
- The third generation: Ultra leading to 4K broadcast quality
- Fourth generation: with Google TV (don't miss top 10 games for Chromecast)
Basically It consists of a microUSB input, the LED and the reset button, although in the last generation even the remote control has a Bluetooth connection, which allows you to connect game controllers or even a HUB to connect external storage units and thus extend its use to play multimedia content that we have in local format.
How Chromecast works
As we have said, Chromecast needs the TV to have an HDMI connection to be able to connect it, and a connection to the current to have it turned on. After this section, we will have to note that we are under the same WiFi connection or Lan to be able to enjoy all your experience.
And is that from our mobile or tablet, we must configure Chromecast for the first time from the Home app that we can install from the Google Play Store:
When starting this app will take us through a series of steps that will allow us to configure Chromecast to get it ready. We can even create a space in the home where we have connected this device or other smart devices from Google such as Google Assistant through the different devices that Google has.
Once Chromecast is configured, we can go to our mobile or tablet to use Netflix itself. Netflix launched, we start a TV series or other type of content, and in the upper right we will have the icon that allows us to cast that content to our screen where we have Chromecast
This in itself opens a sea of possibilities for our mobile to take care of to be the issuer of the content we want. We can even use other apps like YouTube, HBO, Disney +, Movistar + Lite or even VLC.
I mean, yes our television for more than ten years had neither internet access nor anything «Smart», with Chromecast we can totally transform it to give it another life.
Stream local content through VLC
If we have said VLC this means that You can broadcast the videos that you have stored on your mobile to your TV screen. In other words, if you connect your mobile to your local network where you have a PC, you can use the connection via lan or WiFi to broadcast the content you have on that PC.
So Chromecast becomes in the port through which we can broadcast all that content and give a whole new life to this dongle from Google. That is why it has become one of the essential devices and that other companies such as Amazon have replicated with their stickers with the same functions.
How to use Chromecast with Google TV
Google has embroidered it with the latest generation launched last year and which brings with it a remote control. The important thing about this update is that you will not need to broadcast content from your mobile, since from the remote you can turn on Google TV, install the streaming service of your choice such as Filmin, and cast content from it when logging in.
The truth is that Google has embroidered it in this sense, since Google TV works wonders with the remote control and it allows us from home to access all the summarized content of the streaming services that we have installed.
Of course, too allows to broadcast content in 4K, so if you have movies or series of this quality, you will have the possibility to send it. But that said, Chromecast with TV is another thing to be able to link game controllers to the remote control, or use the USB Type-C connection with a dongle to connect external storage devices to play local content.
chromecast becomes a device for playing music itself through Spotify and use the external speakers you have connected, podcast through the apps you have or watch those YouTube videos or your favorite streamers on the big screen.
This is how Chromecast is and this is how a device works when you do to it, it's hard not to think you have it. In my case, I have been able to transform a Samsung television for more than 10 years into an entire Smart TV in which the remote control makes everything work super fast, enjoy HBO, Spotify, YouTube, Movistar + Lite and much more, ¿ what are you waiting for?