There are more representatives that participate in this sector, but precisely we are going to treat these two devices, since they are very related to the topic of this article. It turns out that if you have the player Amazon instead of Google, we can convert the former into the latter. In other words, use the Fire TV as if it were a Chromecast.
Is it worth doing?
Amazon Fire TV is the great the alternative to the product created by Google. Offers many options, with a catalog of apps increasingly broad -a while ago didn’t have Youtube, and that already account with your own app to send content from the mobile to the TV, without having to resort to this ‘Mirror Mode’ not always working correctly. However, it still presents several limitations.
In addition to that it has not the other apps of Google, the major problem comes when we want to share a movie or a series from a web page in streaming. And is that Fire TV is not compatible with that content type, by the absence of an app called ‘Web Video Caster’that allows you to send videos from the web browser, a function that itself has Chromecast. However, it is not necessary to change one or the other, we can still use Fire TV and have access to this functionality.
Convert Amazon Fire TV Chromecast
Therefore, there is still room for hope, because thanks to an app we can get this support. The app in question is called All Screen, which you can download for free in both Google Play, Amazon Store, although we are interested in doing so from the company owned by Jeff Bezos. This program emulates the operation of a Chromecast, so it would be compatible the send content and videos from web pages to our TV.
To do this, being in the Amazon Fire Stick TV, we headed to the section of “Apps”, located at the top of the tv, or we can also search it directly on the magnifying glass in the left corner. Then, we choose our device to send the app and immediately begin downloading. On the other hand, we must do the same on the smartphonealthough on this occasion, just download it from Google Play Store.
Once installed on both devices, we will start the app on the TV first, and then in the mobile. In the version of Android we have several options to send content from the web, or by copying the URL of the page in question, or retransmitting browsing by Google Chrome. First, go to the option of “Paste link”, and for the second option, click on “web Navigation”, although it is still in beta version for its proper functioning.
AirScreen: the alternative option
As medical consultations, we always look for an alternative as a second opinion, and here it’s not going to be less. If we have already tested All Screen and didn’t work for us, or just want to change app, Air Screen it is the best presents to be able to send content. What doesn’t change is the procedure for obtaining it, as it is the same.
The difference is that you will not need to download this app on your mobile device, only on Amazon Fire TV, although yes it will have the app Google Home installed. Once you have done this first step, to send content to the tv, we’ll have to go on Google Home, press the menu with the three horizontal bars, and then select “Send screen or audio”.
There we will see the option for devices to send, of which will use a device called a ‘AS-AFTS’that will allow you to share web content. When you are selected, we go to Google Chrome and from the mobile because we can send the videos that we want to the television.
