How to control the playback of a YouTube video on TV from your mobile
The YouTube application has many qualities. And not only on the smartphone where you can play videos at any time or place, but also through the tool for smart TVs. And it is that having a SmartTV connected to the network means having access to a huge amount of music videos, comedies, vlogs, movie trailers, game and device reviews and much more.All this being able to control it comfortably through the smartphone Here we tell you how to do it step by step.
The first thing to keep in mind is that, in order to use the smartphone as a remote control for the smart TV both devices must be connected to the same WiFi internet network, with the YouTube application on both cases. In this way, it is only necessary to create the link with the Cast button that appears at the top of the YouTube application on mobile, or perform the manual process through the link code that can be found in the menu Settings of the application for televisions and enter it in the option Link from the mobile. Once this is done, the rest of the process is very simple and intuitive.
Just start playing a video or playlist from the YouTube mobile app and press the icon Cast This automatically causes the television to start showing said video on the screen. However, it is not necessary to use the TV's own remote control to control sound or video playback. All of this can be done naturally from the smartphone or the linked tablet. Almost the same as if you were playing on this mobile device.
In this way, when using the volume keys of the terminal, it is possible to increase or decrease the sound power with which you are playing the video in the terminal. In this way you avoid having to have the remote control at hand to turn down or increase the volumeThe same happens if you want to pause the video at a specific moment. Just press the pause icon in the mobile application for the same thing to happen on the television. Something that users of Android devices can conveniently do from the notification bar, even when they are consulting another application or question not related to the video.
But not only that. You can also use the buttons to fast forward or rewind to any particular point in the video. Something that can be made easier by clicking directly on the minute key in the video time barto jump to it. In addition, in the case of a playlist, it is also possible to skip or go back between the different videos that make it up.Finally, it remains to add that, from the mobile application, it is possible to activate the sub titles to read on the screen the translation or transcription of everything that is spoken in the contents through the television. And the idea is to use the same application linked between two different devices to have all these functions and amenities