The player chromecast It has become a success for Google. Its reasonable price and high quality are already reasons enough for its global sales to be really good. But, in addition, the simplicity with which it is combined with Android terminals means that many already use it as their first option when consuming multimedia content.
And, this can be seen on the living room TV or on a monitor, since the only thing that the target screen must comply with is that it has a port HDMI plus a nearby outlet or USB connection to supply power. The fact is that Chromecast combines what every user is looking for: it is good, effective and also cheap (we put the beauty aside, since personally the new version seems horrible to me).
There are some actions that should always be known to take advantage of to this player. They are not advanced, far from it, but they do allow you to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by Google's Chromecast from the beginning, which are many and, as it will be seen, more than interesting.
What you should know
Below we detail five tips, broad, in which options are known that are part of the Chromecast without having to do it nothing complex to give them use and, therefore, all users can perform the actions or use what we are going to comment on. Without further ado, this is what you should always know about the Google player:
Use the Google Cast app
These are basic since, for example, it allows you to configure the Chromecast that has been compared and, in addition, establish additional settings such as allowing guest access in a simple way or the wallpapers that will be seen. Additionally, it offers the option of sending the content of the screen of the Android terminal to the television, in order to be able to combine applications that are not compatible with the player natively. Thus, the section Submit content It will become one of the basics that you should always keep in mind.
Find the compatible apps
There is a section in Play Store in which the developments that are natively compatible with the Chromecast apps. You can access it at this link and in all of them, at the top there is an icon in the shape of a monitor with a stripes that is the one that you must press directly to establish communication without doing anything else. By the way, on this other page it is possible to know offers that Google makes available to those who have a player, do not stop visiting it since there are usually new ones such as being able to rent a movie.
Adjust the playback quality
When using WiFi connectivity, the quality of the playback may not be the best possible in terms of its stability. For this, we recommend that you install the Google Cast extension in your Chrome browser (this will enable you to send a signal directly to the Chromecast) and using the options section, you can set the resolution you use. If you tend to have problems, we recommend that you use 480p, instead of HD.
Full screen videos from Chrome
This is something that is very simple, but that many do not know that it is possible to always get it from Google's own browser. Once content is being sent to a Chromecast player, all you have to do is use the keys in combination ALT + Tab. If this option is used again, it returns to the normal state of recording.
Restart the Chromecast
This is something that at some point you will need for a performance that is not the best or, simply, because you need a new configuration and want to start from scratch. To achieve this, what you have to do is use the Google Cast application and use the section Devices. Click on the one you want to use and, now, clicking on the icon with three vertical dots at the top, use More and then Restart the Chromecast player. Now, you will have to configure it again to use it.
Others Tricks for the Google operating system you can find them in this section de Android Ayuda, where you are sure to find one that you can use at some point.
