Chromecast screen mirroring
Put your whole Android screen on a Chromecast or any Cast-enabled TV. Mirror games, apps, and photos that have no Cast button of their own.
Chromecast is built for casting, but most apps only stream their own content. Screen mirroring to Chromecast is different: it copies your entire phone display to the TV, so anything on screen, a mobile game, a banking app demo, a photo gallery, a website, shows up exactly as you see it. That makes Chromecast screen mirroring the right tool when there is no dedicated cast button to tap.
How to mirror your phone to Chromecast
- Connect to the same Wi-FiPut your phone on the same network as the Chromecast. They cannot find each other across different networks.
- Open Screen Mirror and pick your TVTap Mirror Screen to TV. The app opens the system cast picker and lists every Chromecast it finds.
- Choose the ChromecastSelect your device, then confirm the screen capture prompt. Your full screen appears on the TV within a second or two.
- Stop when finishedReopen the cast control and tap disconnect, or stop from the notification.
If your phone runs an older version of Android and the cast picker does not open, swipe down to Quick Settings and tap the Cast or Screen cast tile instead. Both routes use the same Google Cast technology Chromecast relies on.
No Chromecast button? Mirror to a browser
If the TV does not have Chromecast but can open a web page, you can still get your screen on it. Open the browser receiver on that screen, scan the QR code, and Screen Mirror streams your phone there over the same Wi-Fi. It is a handy backup for hotel TVs, monitors, and smart displays without Cast.
Why doesn't my Chromecast appear in the list?
Almost always a network mismatch. Confirm the phone and Chromecast share the same Wi-Fi band and network, and that a guest-network setting is not isolating devices from each other.
Is there a delay when mirroring to Chromecast?
Screen mirroring adds a small lag of a fraction of a second, which is fine for video, slides, and photos. For fast reaction games, a wired setup will always feel tighter.