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Samsung seems to have brought back support for Chromecast screen mirroring to its Smart View feature with the One UI 6.1 update. The hidden feature was present in One UI 5.1, but Samsung made it really hard to access it with the Android 14-based One UI 6.0 update that was released a couple of months ago. Chromecast support is present in Smart View Labs in One UI 6.1 Mishaal Rahman spotted that Samsung brought back an easier way to enable Chromecast support in Smart View. This feature is available in One UI 6.1, and the…

Last updated: January 10th, 2024 at 02:37 UTC+01:00 Google also made several announcements during the ongoing CES 2024 expo in Las Vegas, USA. Besides merging Nearby Share into Samsung's Quick Share, Google also announced that it is bringing Fast Pair to Google TV devices. It is also improving the media casting experience on Android and Google TV devices. Google TV gets Fast Pair Fast Pair is Google's system that simplifies the Bluetooth pairing process for wireless earphones and other wearable devices. You don't…

Google One of the most underrated features of any platform is the ability to quickly (and easily) pair headphones and earbuds to whatever device you want. And to that end, Google announced a couple of improvements on that front at CES 2024. First up is Fast Pair, which makes it simple to pair accessories like the Pixel Buds Pro to devices like an Android phone or Chromebook. Over the next month or so, Fast Pair support is expanding to Chromecast With Google TV. And it’ll expand even further later in the year to…

Last updated: January 4th, 2024 at 18:22 UTC+01:00 Samsung doesn't allow Galaxy phone users to mirror their device's screen easily to Google Cast-compatible TVs. The company's Smart View wireless screen mirroring feature is compatible only with Miracast by default, but most newer TVs, including those running Google TV, don't usually support Miracast. Instead, they use Google Cast, and to mirror a Galaxy device's screen to such TVs, users need to open the Google Home app and then start mirroring. Last year, it was…

Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets support both Google Cast and Miracast (Smart View) for wireless screen mirroring. While Miracast is easily accessible through a quick setting toggle, Google Cast requires navigating through the Google Home app, making it a lengthier process. Fortunately, Samsung has introduced a hidden menu in the Smart View section of recently released Galaxy devices, making Google Cast as accessible as Smart View. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you enable this hidden feature.Swipe down from…

Google Cast is among the best media casting protocols in the world right now, and it comes built into Android, Android TV/Google TV, and several soundbars and speakers. However, its controls weren't as seamlessly integrated with Android as they should have been. That's changing now, though. Earlier, Google Cast media controls showed up as a regular notification, similar to any other app. It is now being reported that Google Cast controls now show up in the media player widget in smartphones running Android 13 (or newer…

The screen mirroring feature helps users to view content available on mobile devices on bigger screens like TVs. However, the native option to do so on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets have remained limited for a long time. Galaxy devices also don't support screen mirroring for Google’s Chromecast platform and Android TVs. This is now changing.According to a report by Android Police, a new change has been discovered in the labs menu hidden within One UI. This change is expected to enable Samsung users to mirror…

Modern smart TVs have come a long way and have all kinds of built-in abilities to deliver everything from our favorite streaming services and YouTube videos to video games, video conferencing, and even web browsing our big, bright TVs. But with the millions of other things that our phones and tablets can do — photos and videos and apps abound — sometimes you just need to share it all on a big TV screen for everyone to see. How can you mirror from a phone or tablet to a TV, you ask? If you have the right gear, it's…

A batch of new features for mobile and smartwatch devices has been announced by Android. A batch of new features for mobile and smartwatch devices has been announced by Android and it introduces new accessibility tools and quality-of-life updates for digital car keys, Google TV, and watchOS. According to The Verge, an American technology news website, one of the major announcements is the introduction of a reading mode for Android which creates a more accessible screen reading experience without being tied to…