Streaming to TV from Cell Phone
Not sure if this has been a topic before or not and this is something I have never tried before but when out camping does anyone ever stream TV from their cell phones to their NON SmartTV in the trail...
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librty02 wrote:GordonThree wrote:
If you have an Apple, the HDMI adapter is the best thing, since all phones support hdmi.
Android, not many support HDMI, it is hit and miss. Not sure what a "wireless hdmi adapter" is for a phone?
Like Chris, I cast from my phone for apps that I want to mess with, like YouTube, or DirectTV. otherwise I use the chromecast directly, along with google assistant.
For example, my rv chromecast is named "trailer tv", so to watch Osmosis from netflix I do this:
"OK Google watch Osmosis from Netflix on trailer tv" ... a few seconds later, the TV turns on and the show starts playing (this is not a smart TV either), I can play, pause, ff/rw using the TV's remote too
Also works with Hulu;
"OK Google watch Manifest from Hulu on trailer tv"
Now for some stupid reasons, Amazon does not support casting to Google products, so, no help there. You'll need a cable, or something like a Miracast receiver to mirror the phone screen on the TV. That is very hard on the phone, they're not designed to have the screen lit up for hours at a time.
So you mirror your phone with the chromcast and use the chromcast with the built in apps it has tethered to your phone for hot spot signal?
Only have to mirror the phone for Amazon because it does not directly support Chromecast.
Otherwise like you said, I use the apps built into Chromecast and the phone is only providing the internet hotspot. You have to use voice control through the phone, since you can't "cast" and "hotspot" at the same time from my phone. Maybe different for others.
