What is Screen Mirroring?

Smartphones have undoubtedly become the focal point of our daily activities. While they compete with PCs and Laptops on almost every front, there is one, which has been left untouched. For obvious reasons that is- the "screen size."

While we have clearly gone up from the days of the 2.5 inch screens and phones with screens as large as 6.5 inches have seen daylights(the ones bigger than this are classified with tablets), there is no way that they can compete with a 15.6 inch laptop screen and much less a 50 inch Television Screen. While you can almost always get away with it, but sometimes, you do need to watch that movie or show a presentation on the big screen. Screen mirroring to the rescue!

Screen Mirroring allows you to project your screen on your Smart TV or a TV enabled with the dongle like Chromecast.

To be able to use screen mirroring you need to have Android Kitkat(4.4.2) and above. The list of officially optimized devices supporting Screen Casting can be found here. 

I would recommend getting a Chromecast. It comes with lots of nifty features and is available at a decent price. It is a simple hack to convert your TV into a smart one. 

Step 1: Connect both your phone and television to the same network. 

Step 2: Access the screen casting option on your phone. Do ensure that power saving mode is off. 

Step 3: Now open the Google Home app(download it here) and select the Chromecast option.

Step 4: Select your TV from the list of available devices. 

Ta-da! Its done. Enjoy your phone on the big screen. The quality of the cast depends on your connectivity. You could use it to watch movies, play games and so much more. 

If this method is not suitable to you, say, you have a lower version of Android or you are missing the Chromecast, let us know and we'll help you establish a screen cast for your device. 

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