Explaining Android's video: CastReceiver App Allows an Android or Windows Device to be a Chromecast Target

There's an application in the Google Play Store that will let you cast directly to an Android smartphone or tablet. ~~~~~ Hi! Don't forget to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and hit the "Thanks" button on this video, if you can, and join our channel community here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnowc_KHgjVNj3Y-E-oQ8aw/join Video Description ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today, I'll be showing you an application in the Google Play Store that you can use to cast from one Android smartphone or tablet to another. It can even be used to cast to a Windows PC as well. Chromecast can be an incredibly useful piece of hardware that, when combined with the Google Cast protocol, allows you to mirror the audio and video from one device to another. Most people use this by casting music, a video, or even just an app with some photos to a TV so they can share the experience with others in the room. This can be done with a Chromecast dongle attached to the TV, an Android set-top box like Google TV, or even with built-in hardware on own smart TV. But without the hardware, it can be rather difficult to cast something from one device to another. . .say, from one Android device to another. But there's an application in the Google Play Store that you can install that will unlock this feature. It's called CastReceiver and it can be downloaded for free. Although, you will need to pay for an in-app purchase if you want to use it for more than 5 minutes at a time. You can find this app by searching for CastReceiver in the Play Store, all one word. But I'll be sure to include a direct link to this app down in the video description below as well. Once installed, let's go ahead and open it up. There's not much to the app. But we can see the device name up here at the top. And a status message down here saying that it's ready to cast. So all we have to do is pull up a piece of content on another Android device. Tap the cast button right here. And you can see the device name for my Galaxy S23 has shown up here. A quick tap will show you that whatever is on the screen here can be displayed on another device using the Google Cast protocol. As you saw from the pop-up message, though. This app is only free for 5-minute sessions. It's basically just a way to test and make sure it works for your situation before deciding to buy it. So for anyone who really enjoys the feature. We can unlock unlimited Google Cast sessions with a $4 in-app purchase. Now, I mentioned that we can use this to cast to a Windows PC as well. Which, is possible thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Android, aka WSA. Once WSA is setup on your Windows PC, all you have to do is sideload the APK and you can cast to your Windows PC as if you had a Chromecast dongle connected to it. Going back into the CastReceiver app itself, there aren't many options to mess with. If we tap on the hamburger menu icon up here, we're taken to a simple settings page where we can. . . Disable the service. Change the name of the Cast Target. And disable an experimental HW Codec feature that the app uses. So if you noticed the performance was laggy then you'll want to disable this before testing it again as it could be the reason for the issue. I'm not very happy with the in-app purchase to unlock the timed session limitation. . .but I understand where this developer is coming from. And if you like the work that small developers are doing for operating systems like Android then you should support them by paying for it. CastReceiver is a great way to mirror your Android device with another using the Google Cast protocol. I would be curious to hear if any one of you has used this app in the past. I was only made aware of it recently but found it to be incredibly useful and easy to use. Mentioned Links ~~~~~ CastReceiver App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softmedia.receiver.castapp Step by Step Tutorial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Intro [00:00] 2. As an Amazon associate, I may earn a commission on sales from the links below. The Gear I Use ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5W "Slow" Charger - https://amzn.to/2OaUMV8 Fast Charger - https://amzn.to/3rtBsC6 MicroUSB Cable - https://amzn.to/38dkpeM USB-C Cable - https://amzn.to/2OqlTvi TPU Cases - https://amzn.to/38g9b9w USB-C to 3.5mm Dongle - https://amzn.to/3rVt7c3 USB-C to 3.5mm DAC - https://amzn.to/3CyksSJ NVIDIA Shield TV - https://bit.ly/3KA17RV