How To Use Chromecast Using Mobile Data

Using chromecast with mobile data in response to huecolour in order to set up chrome cast with your phone as a hotspot you need to use the google home app on a device connected to phones hotspot.

How to use chromecast using mobile data. It won t work directly with mobile data but a mobile phone can be used as a hotspot. The second way that a chromecast uses data is actually when idle. The thing is when you re not using it it can use over 15gb of data every month just idling. The main concern with using a chromecast on a mobile hotspot is data chargers. Data consumption will certainly vary but chromecast can burn through data like it s going out of style meant to be used on home wi fi i guess you could say.

I understand i would have to set up the chromecast using wifi but i would like to use mobile data to stream video to my tv. That s a pretty significant amount for anyone on a metered connection. Google s chromecast is an excellent little streaming device that offers an easy and affordable way to get content from the little screen to the big one. Connect the chromecast to the hotspot using your smartphone and then connect the device you want to use with the chromecast such as your tablet laptop or even the smartphone. Remember you aren t actually sending media from your phone to the device.

While i don t have any exact mobile data use suggestions i can tell you there s 3 chromecasts on my home network that are used daily. The whole time you are watching your chromecast will be streaming the content using your wi fi network and this will use your data. Can you use mobile data for chromecast. If you want to learn more about saving data when using streaming services see our data saving guides here. Most people have limited data on their mobile plans and using a mobile hotspot especially for streaming hd media can eat into that plan.