Question about streaming tv from phone to TV

Aridon wrote:
Sure you can do it.

Few things you can do. First is buy a slingbox, set it up at home and you can stream your home TV in entirety to anything with internet. You can hook up a roku, fire tv or use a chrome cast and download the slingplayer app or you can use a browser on a PC etc. Roku or firetv is better IMO. Chromecast has issues with Slingplayer.

If you want to stream Directv from your phone to your chromecast:

First, you do need to have some kind of a hot spot with net access or the chromecast won't work. Stupid, but that is how it is.

Then you can open up your "Google Home" app (used to be cast and some other names but google has been renaming everything 10 times lately).

Tap the bars in the top left of the screen, select cast screen, select cast screen again near the bottom and then select the chromecast.

Now anything on your phone will go to your TV. This will allow apps that don't allow casting like Directv, to work on your TV.

Some apps allow you to automatically cast the content to the Chromecast. Some do not. Directv is not one of those so you have to use the full screen cast. The downside is the phone screen must remain on while casting but it does work. Just keep it plugged in.

You can also stream from a tab in Chrome with the proper extension on your PC.

There is also another possibility and that is a Type C or micros USB (depending on your connection) to HDMI cable. Your phone must support this for it to work.