Imagine that you are in a family gathering or with friends and you want to show your photos or videos from your smartphone for everyone to see, so there is nothing better than the living room TV for it, right? Currently there are many ways to stream from a smartphone to the TV , but if you have an Xbox One we will teach you how to do it thanks to your console in an easy and fast way.
Thanks to technologies such as Miracast, AirPlay or even third-party applications, streaming from your smartphone to an Xbox One console is very simple, and then we are going to tell you how to do it.
How to watch your smartphone on TV through an Xbox One
If you have a smartphone with an Android operating system, you can probably stream it to the Xbox One without installing any additional software thanks to Miracast technology. With this, Android devices can mirror their screen on other hardware, such as televisions and of course consoles. However, not all smartphones can do this natively, while others have different names to do it. For example:
- Samsung calls it Smart View.
- In LG terminals, it is called Wireless Display.
- With HTC smartphones, the option is called HTC Connect.
- On SONY devices, it is simply called Screen Mirroring.
In the event that you do not have an Android terminal but an Apple iPhone you can do exactly the same, although the technology used is called AirPlay. You just have to activate it from the control center, and the Xbox One (if you have it nearby and turned on) should appear directly in the list of compatible devices.
In all cases, if the Xbox One is turned on, close and connected to the same network as your smartphone, the option to stream the smartphone screen will appear directly on it, and obviously it will be seen on the television you have connected to. the console.
How to stream using Youtube
With what we have seen so far, you can see your smartphone screen on TV using an Xbox One, and this can be used, for example, to show your photos and videos, or for everyone to see how you play. However, you may simply want to show a YouTube video, and if that’s the case, it’s just as simple or even easier.
Simply start the YouTube App on your smartphone, and again if you have the Xbox One turned on and on the same network as the mobile terminal, the icon to stream will appear.
The console will appear in the list of devices to mirror the screen to, if everything went well.
Configure your smartphone as a DLNA server and connect it to the Xbox One
There is one more option to stream video, audio or photos from your phone to an Xbox One. This option is limited to terminals with Android operating system, and consists of configuring your terminal as if it were a DLNA media server. To do this, in most Android terminals you will have to follow these instructions:
- Go to options and in the search bar, type “DLNA”.
- Click on “Multimedia server”.
- Click on “Share media”.
Now, to view the multimedia content of your smartphone on the Xbox One, on the console you will have to download the “Media Player” application if you did not already have it. When you run it, you will see your mobile terminal listed among the devices available to connect, so you will simply have to select it and you will be able to browse its content to see it on your TV.