topic Re: Chromecast in Streaming

Chromecast

kelbakes — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 00:32:15 GMT

Urgently trying to set up chromecast , want to use iPhone to hotspot so I can mirror.
Can’t get through set up as it’s looking for wifi that I don’t have.

Re: Chromecast

David_K — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 14:30:19 GMT

Hi kelbakes,

Although unsupported by Google, you can use a phone or tablet as a Wifi hotspot. However, this will then use your mobile data plan, which could be expensive for you depending on the data plan you have with your carrier. Note you will need 2 devices to set this up.

Turn on the Wifi hotspot feature on a phone or tablet. If you're not sure how to do this, refer to the manufacturer's support website.
Connect a second phone or tablet to that Wifi hotspot.
You can then use that second phone or tablet to setup your Google Home and connect it to the Wifi hotspot on the first phone or tablet.

Re: Chromecast

Jeran — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 21:39:48 GMT

Hey there Kelbakes,

Did you have any more questions or need any additional help? If not, I'll go ahead and lock up this thread in 24 hours.

Just checking up,

Jeran

Re: Chromecast

kelbakes — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:03:37 GMT

Hi,

No sorry this was no help as I couldn't connect to phone either directly using hotspot or via a second device (my iPad), I think I'll return the device as it is of no use to me.

Thought it was supposed to be easy to set up.

Thank you,

Kellie

Re: Chromecast

kelbakes — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:08:55 GMT

Thanks for tips but my friend and i had tried all this already with no lucky, even watched you tube tips to try to connect to no avail. Always managed to get my friends phone to connect but not mine.... Both of us stumped.

Re: Chromecast

Jeran — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:26:07 GMT

Just to double-check, were you intending to mirror your iPhone's screen? I'm sorry to say, but that feature only work with Android devices. On top of that, David was correct that mobile hotspots are not a supported network for Chromecast, so they may not work as intended.

I'm real sorry we weren't able to help you out, but if you did have more questions or concerns for us, please let us know.

Best regards,

Jeran

Re: Chromecast

Jeran — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:00:37 GMT

Hey there,

Just doing another check-up, did you have another questions for us? If not, I'll go ahead and lock up this thread.

Just checking up,

Jeran

Re: Chromecast

GarrettDS — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:18:09 GMT

Hey folks,

It looks like we haven't heard back from the OP so I'm going to go ahead and lock the thread. If you have any further questions or concerns, feel free to create a new thread.

Have a great day,

Garrett DS