Tips & Tricks to Connect Your Phone to a TV

How to connect a phone to a TV or monitor! Our phones are fun, powerful gadgets! Sometimes we just need a BIGGER screen to watch videos or get our work done. Here's a series of tips and tricks to get the MOST out of your pocket computer! Let's get BIG!

0:00 Intro
0:37 Different Options
1:04 DON'T Use Your Phone?
1:27 Casting a Service
2:21 Sharing Your Phone Screen
3:52 Connect with a Cable
6:43 Your Phone is a Computer



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[larky]

Please do a video on how to cast ZOOM MEETINGS on to the tv. I don't have a camera on my smart tv, so I would use my laptop for that, but want to view on the TV screen. Thank you

[kene]

I have nothing productive to say other Brisco County Yay!!!!

[cowboy]

I have a Moto edge plus 2022 and I use a type c to HDMI cable and it has the desktop feature built in and works really great only down side is when plugged in it doesn't charge the phone but I usually use my wireless charger and there you go I have had Moto phones for a long time and they never let me down

[kerryatherstone]

Hi, I am an amateur. I would love to ditch my computer and only have a phone. Screen and keyboard. Reason, I run a small company and often have to pay quite a bit to maintain my computer, from software to general problems. However, a phone is much easier to maintain by myself. The main programs I use is Gmail, Google sheets. Would I essentially be able to use those on my TV. Or buy a pull out screen monitor and keyboard.

[michaelj]

I have a simple monitor not hooked up to the internet. I have all the necessary cables. Vga to hdmi. Hdmi to usb3 etc. For some reason my android phone won't cast anything to it. Monitor stays black unless I switch to dvd. Is it possible to cast offline?

[HomerRemy]

How can I connect my phone to my TV if I don't have the YouTube app and I watch and I use antenna TV

[carmendelacroix]

Thank you so much - worked. 😄 You are so good.

[sylvanusphilemon]

Speaking about turning my phone into a desktop
How can I identify if my phone supports desktop mode?
Can I connect the phone to multiple monitors or TV's?

[glgartman]

Can I screencast from a Samsung Galaxy S21 phone to a non-smart TV which has an HDMI input using a USB C to HDMI cable? The phone does have a USB-C charge cable. I have unlimited cell data, but no wifi.

[arlie-annsigurdson]

You totally missed the part where you actually connect to the phone. Sometimes extra info is just too much info. Sometimes, for people like me that are technically challenged, this is extremely confusing.

[mueber]

Am I correct that a Pixel phone will not cast or screen share to anything other than Google devices and don't have video out?

[allantorres]

Hello I got a appletv 4K 3gen and I can’t connect my Samsung tablet to it so I can mirror content. Any suggestions?? Thanks

[TimeHouse]

hi my screen sharing stopped working. when i request to cast from PC it only shows option to cancel, not accept. how can i fix this. Its 55 C1 OLED

[DonCatherman]

The galaxy a 15, ,can not do usb c video out...no disply alt mode, hdmi alt mode..I just bought one, not happy...

[down]

Since you can't install a VPN on your Roku, there is definitely a work-around. All you gotta do is turn on the VPN on your smartphone and then mirror your phone screen to your Roku device.

[johnchester-emsg]

Still don’t know how to connect my iPad to a new Vizio tv to watch movies. No internet, I have Verizon service

[resourcegyrl]

You're really goofy with those faces you make!😄

[BrianEarle-krin]

What tablet android got built in Chromecast to cast to my tv and not to buy a app

[juanlanda]

I'm looking for freedom from home internet services which fees climb every so often . My thoughts are why should I pay for home internet if my cell phone has interest. I may not be able to use the wifi assistant like Alexa. And Ring camera access. But then there are home security cameras that are full time record. Instead of motion only. . Also I use antenna tv, so I'm not worried about cable programming. 👍. It's doable. We don't have to have home internet . Goodbye Spectrum!

[a.hernandez]

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