Cast Button For Chrome Mac Os

Nov 13, 2018 - After the media starts streaming in the Chrome Browser on your MacBook, click on the 'Chromecast Button' on the right of the address bar. To mirror the display from a laptop or desktop, you must use the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, or Chrome OS. Because tab mirroring can drain battery life, however, you might want to plug your.

Though not required, we recommend you pin the Cast button to your Chrome toolbar. This will allow for easier access to Cast functionality from any web page. To pin the Cast button to the Chrome toolbar, • In the upper right corner of Chrome browser, click the Chrome Settings menu 'Cast.' • The Cast button will temporarily appear in your toolbar. To keep it there permanently, right-click on the Cast button and click “Always show icon.'

If the Cast button is already pinned to your toolbar on your browser, you'll see the Cast button in the Chrome toolbar (near the top right).

The Cast SDK performs device discovery, as described for,, and, to provide the user with a list of available Cast receiver devices. The sender app can then connect to a receiver device and begin casting. When device discovery fails, the issue may be with the app (sender or receiver), the Cast device, or the network.

This document describes ways to troubleshoot for device discovery problems: the receiver does not appear in the list of connected Cast devices or, worse, the Cast button does not appear when you run the sender app. Because there are so many potential factors, and so many variables in the discovery process, these measures may not definitively prove any one cause, but they help you narrow down the possible causes. Before investigating your device discovery problem, be sure the following conditions are established: • The sender device is running a Cast app that you can use for testing. Do not use the Netflix or YouTube apps to test discovery, as these use some specialized discovery mechanisms. • The receiver device is an official Google Cast device. • The sender device must have WiFi enabled and running. • The sender device and the receiver device must be connected to the same WiFi network.

Do not attempt to resolve discovery issues while in. Also, see for more information about debugging your Cast receiver application. To get further assistance with your issue, gather all available information such as debugging logs, ping response data, and network service data, and use one of the support options described in.

Check the sender app • Connect both the sender and the receiver to the same WiFi network. • Restart the sender app. • On Android, force the app to stop by using the Android system settings. Then re-launch the app. • On iOS, double-click the home button, select the sender app, and swipe it away to shut it down. Then re-launch the app. • In the sender app, touch the Cast button to view Cast devices on the network.

If the receiver device is now listed (discovered), there may still be a problem with the sender app. Observe the sender app and note the conditions under which it loses its ability to discover your receiver: what is happpening in the app? Is the time to connection loss consistent over several restarts? • Run a different sender app (not Netflix or YouTube), and touch the Cast button to view Cast devices on the network. If other apps are consistently discovering your receiver, and your sender app isn't, the problem is probably in your sender app. On the other hand, if all apps have problems discovering your receiver, the problem may be with your receiver or the network. • Run your sender app on a different platform (if possible).

Mac live streaming. When running your sender app on other platforms, is the discovery behavior the same? • Run any app (not Netflix or YouTube) on a different platform than that of your sender app. If your sender app is on the Android platform, run a different app on iOS, and vice versa.

If all apps of a certain platform fail consistently, while those of another do not, the problem may be with the platform. Synchronize the devices The authentication handshake between the sender and receiver can fail if there is a significant disparity between the system time on the sender device and that on the receiver device. A disparity of as little as 10 minutes may cause authentication to fail. The system time on a Cast device is immutable and the device can maintain the correct time if connected to the internet. The system time on most sender devices (such as a phone) is mutable, but you should allow the device to get the system time automatically by connecting it to the internet. If the system time on either the sender or the receiver is incorrect, reboot the device and connect it to the internet.