Casting from iphone

[MikeFloate]

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!

[David_K]

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/

[MikeFloate]

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!

[David_K]

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. 

[MikeFloate]

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

[David_K]

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

[Jeran]

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

[Muddi]

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

[MikeFloate]

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

[Muddi]

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