We have already seen how to best use the Chromecast with tricks and applications, underlining the fact that any TV with an HDMI connection (i.e. all of them) become smart TVs to watch movies or even direct streaming from the internet. Google has now added a truly phenomenal new feature: via Chromecast you can stream what you see on an Android device, whether it's a smartphone or tablet, to TV .
In practice you can, at the same time, see on the big screen of the TV anything that appears on the screen of the mobile phone and, therefore, also the games and all the applications, and use the smartphone as a remote control from a distance.
This means that, even without having a computer nearby, you can control the TV from your mobile phone to surf the internet, to watch movies and videos, to browse photos, to play using your mobile phone like a joypad and watching the big screen.
You can also open screens of Facebook, Whatsapp, books and anything you want, even projecting what is taken by the camera on TV live.
If you want to see the big world map on TV, you can open Google Maps or even Google Earth to explore the places in the world and see photos while sitting comfortably on the sofa.
For example then, as seen in another article, you can play Tennis in front of the TV on your mobile phone and the Chromecast becomes like the Wii
Android mirroring on the TV via Chromecast is possible with the latest version of the Chromecast app which is essential for the stick to work.
from the Chromecast app, swipe the menu to the right and tap on Cast Screen .
This works on smartphones with Android KitKat 4.4.1 or +, the Nexus 4, 5, 7 (second generation), Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, Note 3 and 10, HTC One M7, LG G2, G3 and G Pro 2.
Other smartphones will be supported shortly.
On Google Nexus, like the Nexus 5 and the Nexus 7 tablet, the button to transmit also appears in the quick menu, the one that appears by swiping two fingers from the top edge down on the screen.
If you have not already done so, I advise everyone, dispassionately, to buy the Chromecast which costs only 35 Euros .
