How to screen mirror your iPhone to TV – EZCast
everyone has a smartphone these days.
we use it to take care of everything from reading, listening to music, socializing, bookkeeping, note taking, waking up, and thousands of other jobs for us.
One of the most used functions must be video entertainment, such as watching videos on youtube and other video platforms.
according to research by sandvine, youtube accounts for 38% of all mobile traffic worldwide.
despite the massive 6.5 inches of an iphone xs, sometimes that’s not enough to enjoy the full cinematic experience of the latest marvel movie on your phone.
This is where you’d like to have an airplay screen mirroring receiver handy around the house, so you can share the movie clip from your iphone to a big screen near you.
watch the video below to learn the best way to mirror your iphone screen to a hdtv.
connect an ezcast dongle to the hdtv
Before you can mirror your iPhone screen to a TV, you need to make sure the HDTV can receive wireless media from your phone.
this is where a wireless display receiver, like ezcast, is most useful.
Plug an EZCast dongle to TV’s HDMI port.
An ezcast dongle plugs into a television’s hdmi port to act as a receiver that links your iphone to the television.
connect your iphone to ezcast dongle wifi network
The next step is to connect your iPhone to the ezcast dongle via Wi-Fi.
Go to the iphone wi-fi settings and connect to the ssid displayed at the top of the ezcast home screen.
Connect iPhone to EZCast’s Wi-Fi SSID.
once the iphone and ezcast dongle are on the same wi-fi network, you can use the ezcast app to make changes to dongle settings, such as connecting to the internet, or using advanced features such as photos, videos and ezchannel .
use airplay screen mirroring to share iphone screen with hdtv
Now you are ready to use ios built-in airplay screen mirroring feature to cast phone screen to HDTV.
swipe down on your iphone screen and access screen mirroring in control center.
Choose the correct EZCast receiver inside the Screen Mirroring interface to share content to TV.
you will see a list of available wireless receivers in your environment.
just choose the one connected to your TV to start screen mirroring.
extra tip: new ways to connect your iphone to ezcast
if you find the standard wi-fi ssid way of connecting your iphone to ezcast a bit slow, here are some new ways to connect and configure your ezcast dongles.
In the latest version of the ezcast app, you can connect your iphone to the ezcast receiver by scanning the qrcode on the TV screen.
Use EZCast app’s QRCode scanner to connect to the dongle.
Another way to speed up the connection is to turn on bluetooth on your iphone and use the ezcast app to search and set up the ezcast dongle.
Use Bluetooth to setup EZCast dongle.
