What is the Chromecast Extension? So you bought a Chromecast and are wondering how you can get video content from your PC’s web browser onto your TV? If this is the case, then you have come to the right place. The Chromecast Extension installs in Google Chrome and allows you to cast your Chrome browser tabs to your Chromecast. This makes it easy for you to cast videos from Amazon Instant Video, Vimeo, Ted and more right to your television. The Chromecast Extension is also very helpful if you are trying to display a website to a group of people. You can install the Chromecast Extension from the link below: What do you need in order to install the Chromecast Extension?
If you use any other web browser other than Google Chrome, you will not be able to use the Chromecast Extension. The Chromecast Extension can only be installed and used with Google Chrome. Google Chrome is a free web browser that competes directly with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple’s Safari. The web browser is available for Windows, Linux and Mac computers. You can download Google Chrome from the following link: How to download and install Chrome with the Chromecast Extension The first thing that you will need to do is install Google Chrome.
If you already have Google Chrome, you can skip this step. Chrome is also available for Android and iOS but as of right now, you cannot cast your mobile chrome tab to the Chromecast.
Perform the following steps to install the Chromecast Extension. 1.) Download and install Google Chrome Click to open up a web page that provide you with a link to download Google Chrome. Once you are on the website, click Download Chrome.
The installer for Google Chrome may automatically launch. If it does’t you may be prompted to run or save the setup file. Go through the setup process and allow your PC to install Google Chrome. Now that Chrome is installed, you are ready to install the Chromecast Extension. 2.) Install the Chromecast Extension Open up Chrome on your PC and head over to the following link. The Chromecast Extension is actually officially called Google Cast.
Click the button to add it to Chrome After your PC download's and installs Googlecast extention, you will see the following little green icon in the upper right corner of your Chrome browser 3.) Start casting your videos! You are finally ready to start casting videos from your PC to your Chromecast. Open up the website that you would like cast in Google Chrome.
To install the Videostream for Google Chromecast extension, you need to navigate within the host app to the appropriate Chrome Store entry and press the “Add to “ Chrome” button. The bad news it that to open the extension window, you need to navigate back to the Chrome Store entry and choose to launch the app.
Click the little Chromecast icon. When you do this, you will have to select which Chromecast that you would like to cast to. When you are done casting, simply click the cast icon to stop casting your tab. Now you have seen how easy it is to download and install the Chromecast Extension. Please leave comments below if you have any questions or suggestions!
Google Chromecast mirrors your display from an Android device, an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows PC, or Chromebook. “Mirroring” means having another device show your screen exactly as you see it on your computer or mobile device. However, you can also extend your desktop surface, not just mirror it. This can be more useful in a lot of situations–you’re opening up a whole new screen to use as a second desktop. Imagine if, whenever your desk was too cluttered with papers and knick-knacks to properly use it, you could just get another desk without needing to tidy up the first one.
However, using Chromecast to extend your desktop or laptop screen requires some minor effort on your part. Not quite as much effort as dragging in an empty desk, thankfully. This article will cover the process for both Windows computers and Macs. Here are the steps needed to extend your display from a Windows 8 or Windows 10 desktop: Extend Your Desktop from Windows with Chromecast This walkthrough includes screenshots from Windows 10. However, this method of extending your display works with Windows 8 as well; you can follow the same steps for that Windows version.
From the Start menu, select “Settings.” (An alternate route is to right-click on “Display Settings” on your desktop as a shortcut to get into System Display.). In Settings, go to “System (Display, notifications, apps, power).”. Once in Display, click on “Detect.” Here, we are going to trick Windows into thinking there’s a secondary display already attached, even though it isn’t. It says “Display not detected,” but shows a blue screen—click on it. Go down to “Multiple displays” and click the drop-down box.
Then, select “Try to connect anyway on VGA.”. Select display 2. In the drop-down box, select “Extend these displays.” Click the “Apply” button. A message will pop up and say, “Keep these display settings?” Click the “Keep changes” button. Now you are ready to use the secondary display to extend your desktop surface with your Google Chrome browser and Chromecast. Open Google Chrome on your desktop. Before you can connect to your Chromecast by clicking the Chromecast icon in the upper-right of your Chrome browser, you first need to click the small arrow on the Chromecast icon area.
From there, scroll down to “Cast screen/window (experimental).” Then, select it. As the “Cast screen/window”, choose display number 2, the one we just fooled Windows into thinking we have.
Now you should be able to see your Windows desktop on both your computer and your TV screen. You now have an extended desktop surface. This allows you to move extra open windows, open programs, and applications between your desktop and TV screen.
Extend Your Desktop on a Mac Now we’ll take a look at how to extend your Mac’s desktop screen through your Google Chromecast device. Google Chrome Browser In order to cast to your Google Chromecast from your Mac, you’ll need to download and install the most current version of Google’s. Chromecast support now comes built into the Chrome browser. (In the past, you would have needed to download and install a separate extension to use Chromecast.) Once your Google Chrome browser is downloaded and installed, or open on your Mac if you already had it, you’ll want to make sure you have the most current version. To do this, click on Chrome in the upper left-hand corner of your screen.
Then, select “About Chrome.” As of the end of 2018, Chrome is up to version 71. As long as your Chrome browser is up to date, when you select “About Chrome” it will notify you that you are using the most current version of Chrome available.
Otherwise, click on the button to get updates when given the option. When your Google Chrome browser is up-to-date and ready to go, do the following:. Click on the Google Chromecast icon in the upper right of your Chrome browser. Once the “Cast to” box opens, select the drop-down arrow. You’ll be presented with two choices: “Cast tab” or “Cast desktop.”. Choose “Cast desktop.” You’ll be returned to the main Chromecast selection box. Next, select your Chromecast device.
Ours keeps telling us it’s “Unable to mirror system audio” at this time. Another box pops up on the screen, asking, “Do you want Chrome Media Router to share your screen?” Click on the “Yes” button. Your Mac desktop should now be extended to where your Chromecast device is plugged in. Keep in mind that the sound will still only be audible on your Mac, not on your extended display and sound set-up. We also noticed a slight lag in playback on our extended display, which is a large-screen TV. Display extension will come in handy when you are working on something from your laptop or desktop and want to watch, look at, or work on something else on a bigger display like your television.
Whatever your needs are for extending your desktop screen—work or pleasure—this is an excellent way to use the Chromecast to your advantage when you need a bigger desktop. I was looking for a solution to extend my Windows 10 desktop and cast the second screen to my Chromecast connected to my TV. I was able to do so after playing with it for a while. If you press Windows+P, you can choose to extend your desktop. Then a second monitor will display under Display settings. When you use Chromecast and cast your desktop it will ask you which screen to cast,screen 1 or 2.
If you choose screen 2, your normal desktop is display on your computer and what ever you put on the extended screen will show on your TV. Hi Heather, thanks for the article. I also found the same problem as Alan and Nate. You say that in the display section of Settings, after clicking on “Detect” I would get a message that says “Display not detected.” Instead, I get a message under the box where the blue screen is that says “Didn’t find another display.” When I click on the blue screen nothing happens: I can’t see “Multiple displays” with the drop-down box anywhere.
I’m on a dedicated windows only pc running windows 10.