How to connect YouTube to TV

Well, if that’s the case, let me tell you that you’ve come to the right place at the right time! With today’s guide, in fact, I’ll tell you how to connect youtube to tv and how to play content on your TV directly from your smartphone, tablet, or computer. How do you say? Can’t wait to learn more and start playing YouTube on your TV remotely “controlling” it? So don’t waste any more time and get deeper into the topic right away.

Come on, make yourself comfortable and take five minutes of free time to devote to reading the next paragraphs. Read carefully the instructions I am about to give you, choose the solution that you think best suits your needs, and try to put it into practice. I assure you that everything is much simpler than it seems and I am sure that in no time you will be able to enjoy a good movie on TV via YouTube, starting and stopping the playback whenever you want via your computer or your mobile device. Happy reading and, above all, have fun!

How to connect YouTube to TV: Smart TV

If that’s your intention connect YouTube to Smart TV, know that this is an extremely simple operation to carry out, as long as two fundamental conditions are met: the TV must have been connected to the Internet beforehand and must complement the protocol Google Cast (in the case of devices Android TV / Google TV), or have the youtube application dedicated. If you don’t know how to connect the Smart TV to the Internet, you can take a look at the specific tutorial available on my site, to have clear indications on what to do; If, on the other hand, you don’t know how to install the YouTube app on your TV, take a look at this other guide of mine, to understand how to proceed.

How to connect YouTube from phone to TV

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There are several ways to stream YouTube content from the cell phone to any Smart TV: if both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network, but even if your TV is connected to the Internet via an Ethernet cable, you can take advantage of the transmission integrated.

To proceed, first, turn on the TV and wait a few moments so that the Smart functions can access the Internet connection; afterward, start the youtube app on your smartphone and, if you intend to log in to your profile also on the TV, tap the button Continue as [nome]; following this operation, your subscriptions and your favorite videos will be synchronized on the TV and will be accessible every time you start the app on the latter device. If, on the other hand, you want to avoid associating the TV’s YouTube app with your profile, tap on the item Ignore, visible a little below.

Now, to establish the connection, press on the symbol of transmission (the screen with waves) visible at the top of the YouTube app for smartphones and tap the first name of the TV, located in the panel that appears on the screen; if the TV name is not immediately visible, try opening the YouTube app on the latter device as well. Once the connection is established, all selected movies in the YouTube app for smartphones will automatically play on the TV.

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When needed, again via the YouTube app for smartphones and tablets, you can search directly on the TV using the voice search, or turn your phone into a real one remote controller equipped with directional arrows, able to navigate within the YouTube TV application: to do this, touch the symbol again transmission visible on the phone screen and press the icon of voice search or on that of the remote controller, depending on your needs. To disconnect the telephone from the TV, press the symbol again transmission and tap on the item Disconnect, visible below.

If you wish, you can choose to pair your smartphone directly with the TV so that you can start streaming movies even if the two devices are on different networks. To succeed, start the YouTube application on the TV and use the TV remote to open the main menu of the app (just press the left directional arrow until the panel expands).

Now, select the item Settings, reach the section Connect with TV code from the screen that appears later and, when you see the 12-digit code to establish the connection, go to smartphone and open the YouTube app. From there, tap on the symbol of transmission, choose the item Connect with TV code from the menu that appears, and enter the numbers you see on the screen in the appropriate field. When you are done, click on the button Colleague and that’s it: starting from this moment, you can transmit YouTube videos from your phone to the TV, with the same methods seen above, even when the two devices are on different networks. Please note that the preferences of the account in use on the smartphone, following this procedure, will not be transferred to the TV.

YouTube: how to connect PC to TV

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Do you want to start broadcasting a video on YouTube from the computer to the TV? This can also be done, provided that two conditions are met: PC and TV must be connected to the same network and you must use YouTube through any browser based on the Chromium engine, which could be Google Chrome for Windows, macOS, and Linux (which you can install, if you don’t already have it, following the instructions I gave you in this guide) or Microsoft Edge (here I told you how to get it). THE Chromebook, as you can easily imagine, they are natively compatible with the transmission of content via Google Cast.

Having said that, let’s see together how to proceed: open the YouTube home page, near the video of your interest using the appropriate top bar and start playing it on your computer by clicking on the relevant box; now, position the mouse cursor at the playback pane, in order to display the control bar, click on the button Play on TV (the screen with waves) located at the bottom left and select the first name of the TV from the list that is proposed to you, to start the transmission of the movie on the screen of this last device.

Alternatively, if you use the Google Chrome browser, you can also transmit the movie using the function accessible from the toolbar of the same: after starting the playback of the video on the computer, click on the musical note with three horizontal lines visible at the top right, near the avatar of your Google account (or the symbol of the little man), click on the button Select a device visible in the panel that appears and then select the TV name from the list of compatible devices.

To stop playing the movies on the TV, press the button you used to start the broadcast again and select the item Stop transmission, from the panel that appears.

How to connect YouTube to TV with Chromecast and other devices

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How do you say? Do you have an older generation TV without Smart features, or without native compatibility with Google Cast and/or YouTube apps? No problem, you can easily remedy this by purchasing Chromecast, an HDMI device produced by Google, which, after connecting to the Internet, allows you to transmit content from YouTube (but also from many other applications compatible with Android and iOS) directly to the TV, using the Google Cast protocol.

At the time of writing, the Google “stick” is available in two versions: one Basic, which costs € 39 and allows you to view videos up to a resolution of 1080p; then, there is Chromecast with Google TV, which costs € 69.99 and, in addition to having support for up to 4K resolutions with HDR, comes with remote control and Google TV operating system.

To use the dongle, simply connect it to a free HDMI port on the TV and to the power outlet (or just to a USB port on the TV, if you are using the base model of the device) and connect it to the Internet using the application. Google Home, available for both Android and iPhone. Once Chromecast is connected to the Internet, it is possible to start broadcasting the contents from the smartphone in the same way as seen in the previous chapter of this guide; for more information, take a look at mine Chromecast operating guide, in which you will find everything explained in great detail.

In addition to Chromecast, you can “enable” any TV to receive content from YouTube for smartphones, tablets and computers using any other HDMI device on which you can install the application of the same name, such as Amazon’s Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cube, Apple TV, Android TV box or NOW Smart Stick, just to give you some examples.