How To Use Hotspot For Chromecast
Yes but not without a little workaround.
How to use hotspot for chromecast. Click here to see a video tutorial on that. You see the chromecast s setup is designed with a standard wifi network in mind and during setup it requires your phone to disconnect from the wifi momentarily in order to communicate directly with the ch. Go to the google home app on your phone and cast to chromecast. Then set android ap as the ap name and 1234 for the password then hit next. Turn on the wi fi hotspot on the cast device.
2 setup the chromecast power it on. Chromecast will now cast to your phone s hotspot because the name and password match those on your wi fi router. Drag down the top bar of your phone and tap the hotspot icon. You should now be able to use the cast device and chromecast with no issues. Create a wi fi hotspot with connectify.
Since you re trying to connect it to a mobile hotspot. Create a new wifi hotspot with same network name and password as we have used in the step 1 above basically this should e same as the credentials you used while setting up your chromecast initially using the mobile hotspot 5. Join the wi fi hotspot you just created with your phone or tablet. Turn on the wi fi hotspot on the chromecast device. What you can do is go to setup on the chromecast and manually add a network.
Go to the google home app on the cast device and cast to chromecast. 1 start a hotspot. After it starts searching for the network turn on your phones hotspot. The chromecast will connect to the cast device s hotspot because the name and password of the cast device are the same as the wi fi router network. Here s how you can use a chromecast with a mobile hotspot.
2 select a phone to setup as a hotspot a. Chromecast doesn t have any buttons and it can only be configured by connecting to it from other devices. 1 how to use chromecast without wireless wifi router is to factory reset chromecast by holding button for 7 seconds. Settings network internet hotspot tethering turn on wifi hotspot set up portable hotspot.