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Yes, being able to watch series and movies on your mobile can be very comfortable, but how the content is really enjoyed is, at least, on a big TV screen. The problem comes when we have no idea of how to connect the mobile with our television. Don't worry, that's what we're here for, to clear up all your doubts. On this occasion, we are going to show you how to connect your mobile with a television both using a cable and wirelessly, so that you can enjoy all the multimedia content on the domestic screen of your living room.
How to connect your mobile to TV using a cable
It is an essential requirement, when connecting your mobile to the television using a cable that is compatible with the MHL (Mobile High Definition Link) technology or known as Slimport. You just have to look in the technical sheet of your mobile (a simple search on the Internet will get you out of doubt) to find out if your mobile has this technology to be able to see its screen on your brand new television, although they are usually brand phones Samsung, Sony and Nokia. If in the end it turns out that your mobile is compatible with MHL technology, you should buy an 'active MHL' cable. This cable consists of a USB output that you will connect to your device, another that will provide power and will be connected to the USB input of your television, for example, and another HDMI that will go to the corresponding input on your TV. If your mobile is compatible with Slimport technology, the adapter is simpler, since it does not need an external current as it does in the case of active MHL.
How to connect your mobile to TV wirelessly
In this case everything is even easier. To connect your mobile without cables to the television you need either that your TV has a WiFi connection (which is commonly called 'Smart TV') or connect a peripheral, for example a Google Chromecast or an Amazon Fire Stick, which equip the equipment with wireless signal. Once the TV in your house has WiFi we can connect the mobile to it. We can either move all the content from the mobile screen to the TV through what is called 'Screen Mirroring' or connect it using any of the applications compatible with Chromecast or Amazon Fire Stick.Setting up one of these two peripherals is as simple as connecting them to the HDMI input of your television and downloading their corresponding applications (Google Home in the case of the Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV in the case of the Amazon Fire Stick).
If we want to see everything we have on our mobile on the TV screen and we already have a device with a WiFi connection, we must do a 'Screen Mirroring'. It is very simple: for this we need our Android mobile to have an operating system version higher than 4.2. Once confirmed, we are going to go to the mobile settings and, in the 'Screen' section we look for ' Wireless screen '. We press and we are awaiting the television screen as a message will appear that we must confirm and follow the instructions to link the mobile with the television properly.
