topic Re: Casting from iphone in Streaming

Casting from iphone

MikeFloate — Wed, 10 May 2023 15:23:36 GMT

Hi, looks a useful resource, thanks in advance to anyone replying.

I have a new, third generation I believe, Chromecast which replaced an older one. On that I could connect my phone to the tv, mirroring the screen on playing content. Can I still do this on the new device?

I have the Google Home app ticked green in Local Network.

What I’m aiming to do is get videos from the Neil Young Archives on the tv.

Ta!

Re: Casting from iphone

David_K — Sat, 13 May 2023 13:47:59 GMT

You can't cast your entire screen from an iOS device, as they don't support that feature. However, you can cast from apps that support it. The app itself must support casting for you to be able to cast content from that app to your Chromecast.

https://www.google.com/chromecast/built-in/apps/

Re: Casting from iphone

MikeFloate — Sat, 13 May 2023 18:19:40 GMT

Thanks! Unfortunately the app isn’t one I can cast from. I think with my old Chromecast I could mirror the screen though, which would be great but I can’t see a way of doing it with the new one. A rare time when technology advances but features are not so good!

Re: Casting from iphone

David_K — Sat, 13 May 2023 18:43:21 GMT

All models of Chromecast support screen mirroring, but only from Android devices running Android 8 or higher. It has never been supported from an iOS device, and that's an Apple limitation.

Re: Casting from iphone

MikeFloate — Sat, 13 May 2023 20:03:23 GMT

Used to be able to screen mirror from my iPhone - honest!

Re: Casting from iphone

David_K — Sat, 13 May 2023 21:01:21 GMT

Were you using an app on your phone to do that perhaps? Not the Google Home app?

Re: Casting from iphone

Jeran — Tue, 16 May 2023 21:05:40 GMT

Thank you for helping out on this thread, David!

Hey there MikeFloate,

I'm just checking up on this thread, do you have any more questions or need any additional help?

Best regards,
Jeran

Re: Casting from iphone

Muddi — Mon, 22 May 2023 05:58:33 GMT

Hi there,

We don't want to be a nudge, but we'd like to check if you were able to get your device working. Feel free to reach back if you still need help.

Cheers,

Muddi

Re: Casting from iphone

MikeFloate — Mon, 22 May 2023 06:14:10 GMT

Got it sorted, found a Screen Mirroring app which does exactly what I wanted it to do, no fuss.

Re: Casting from iphone

Muddi — Mon, 22 May 2023 06:21:33 GMT

Hey MikeFloate,

Perfect! I'm happy to hear that your issue was resolved! It looks like we can consider this one complete, so I will lock the thread shortly unless I can help out with anything else.

Cheers,

Muddi