Last updated on January 23rd, 2024 at 02:34 am
How to Quickly and Easily Connect Your Phone to Your TV
When you’re on the go, it’s convenient to watch videos over your smartphone or tablet.
But when you’re at home relaxing, why miss out on watching the same videos over your big screen HDTV?
Especially if you want to telecast some video and images on your recent holiday on a bigger screen where friends and family could view it comfortably.
Also you may want to view YouTube videos or continue watching a Netflix movie you had watched while commuting over your big screen TV.
If you have been wondering if you could do it, or how to go about it, here’s a quick overview on how to connect your phone to your TV.
How to Connect Your Phone to Your TV with an HDMI Cable
This is the simplest way to screen whatever you have on your phone to your HDTV. It is also the most stable and reliable way.
As you may already know an HDMI connection allows the transmission of high-quality video and audio on a single cable.
Your HDTV would come with HDMI ports. So, you would make a connection through your phone to the HDMI port.
There wouldn’t be an HDMI connection over your phone. But you could always use an HDMI adapter via your phone’s USB ports, whether USB type C or micro USB.
If you’re unsure of the type of USB port your smartphone has, check the user manual or the surf the Internet for information.
If you’ve an Android tablet with an HDMI port, then you could connect directly to your television.
Otherwise you could follow the same route as your smartphone-to-TV route.
How to Connect Your Phone to Your TV with USB
Chances are you know how to connect your phone to your computer with an USB cable to manage your files or back up data.
You could use the same route to connect your mobile device to your TV via an USB cable to stream video.
For this your TV must have an USB port.
What you’re doing here is actually opening the video, image or audio files on your TV. Just like you open it over your PC or laptop.
To be able to view your video on your television, you would have to choose USB on your TV A/V selector via your remote control.
Also authorize the connection to your TV on your smartphone or tablet when prompted.
How to Connect Your Phone to TV Wirelessly
If you don’t fancy adding to the already tangled mass of cables in your living room, then go wireless.
The thing is you would have to buy some additional accessories.
You can use the streaming devices Roku Streaming Stick or Google Chromecast which plugs into your TV HDMI port.
The idea here is to have your mobile device and your TV connected to the same WiFi network. Generally, your mobile device with Android 4.4.2 and above should be able to support the wireless streaming of your video content.
How to Connect Your Phone to your TV via DLNA
If you have the latest smartphone and a latest smart HDTV you may want to give the DLNA option a try.
DLNA means Digital Living Network Alliance.
Both your TV and Mobile device must be DLNA-enabled for this to work.
For your phone, you would have to download a DLNA app like LocalCast or BubbleUPnP.
You would need to connect between them with your home Wi-Fi.
With this You do away with wires and third-party streaming devices.
There you have it. An overview on how to connect your phone to your TV.
Choose the option that best suits your equipment and your convenience, not to mention your budget.
