What is casting?
Chromecast is a technology that lets you watch your favourite entertainment and apps from your mobile device, tablet or computer on your TV or speakers.
If you want to know more about Chromecast built-in, you can visit the Official Chromecast built-in website.
What do I need to cast?
- Sony’s Android TV™/Google TV™
- When casting to a Google TV, you need to be logged in to your Google account on the TV.
- A computer and Wi-Fi network with the minimum system requirements
- Your TV and mobile phone or computer must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network
- To cast a Google Chrome Browser tab or your computer screen to your TV, you must be logged in to the same Google account on your TV and on your computer.
- If you aren't logged in to your Google account in the browser, you will be able to cast YouTube, but not your computer screen.
- The latest version of the Chrome browser must be installed on the computer
To check the version, follow the steps below:
- Click the More
icon on the upper right corner of the Chrome browser. - Go to Help → About Google Chrome.
How to use Google Cast
How to cast from your phone
Cast a Google Chrome Browser tab
- Launch the Google Chrome browser.
- Click the More
icon on the upper right corner of the Chrome browser. - Click Cast...

Once Cast... is clicked, the cast icon appears next to the More
icon, and a Cast To window will appear.

When casting websites or via apps, tap the Cast icon on the app or the website.
- Select your TV model.

The Google Cast icon located on the top right corner of the Chrome browser will appear in blue
once it successfully connected to the TV.
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When you've finished, to the right of the address bar, click the Cast
icon — Stop.
Cast your computer screen
You can also display your entire computer screen using the Chrome browser on a Mac, Windows or Chromebook computer.
To hear audio on your TV, use a Windows computer.
- Launch the Google Chrome browser.
- Click the More
icon on the upper right corner of the Chrome browser. - Click Cast...

Once Cast... is clicked, the cast icon appears next to the More
icon, and a Cast To window will appear.
- Select the TV model.

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Select Cast desktop.
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On Share your entire screen setting, click the screen image to share, tick share audio.
Alternatively, you can select Stream a video or audio file, click Cast file if you want to cast a file.
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Click Share.
Cast videos, music and media files
- Open the folder where the audio or video file is located.
- Follow these steps depending on the media you want to cast.
- For audio or video files: Right-click on the file.
- For a folder of images: Right-click on the folder.
- Navigate to Cast to Device and select the TV. The file will play or, if a folder is selected, a slideshow will start playing.
Video: how to cast content to your Sony TV
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