Do you want to cast from Windows 11 to your Chromecast? How to do it

Como transmitir desde Windows 11 a tu Chromecast

If you have Windows 11 installed on your computer, you should know that you do not have to limit yourself to using a single screen . Thanks to the Google Cast transmission protocol, you can cast what you are watching in the Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser to your TV with Chromecast.

In this way, you can take advantage of your Chromecast to mirror the PC screen . Do you want to know how to do it? Well, we’ll explain right away.

How to cast from Windows 11 to your Chromecast

Windows 11 has brought us many innovations, one of the main being its compatibility with Android apps. Now, it is important to note that the function of transmitting content from the computer to a Chromecast is not new . In Windows 10 you could already do this, although with Windows 11 the function has become more popular.

Sending content from a Windows 11 PC to a Chromecast is very easy. And also, the steps to follow are practically the same in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browsers with only a few differences. Are you ready to find out how to do it? Well let’s start:

  • Open the browser you use on your PC, either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
  • The next thing is to click on the menu button (it is the three vertical dots) that is in the upper right corner.
  • In the case of Google Chrome , the next step is to select Submit .
  • In Microsoft Edge , you must first open the More tools section, and then click on the option Stream content to a device .
  • From here, the steps are the same for both browsers.
  • A window will appear with the devices available to transmit, so here you have to click your Chromecast to start sending the content.
  • When you want to stop streaming , you just have to follow these same steps. That is, click on your Chormecast again and that’s it.

As you can see, it is very easy to cast from Windows 11 to your Chromecast and you can do it with either of these two Chromium-based browsers. If you want to discover what other things you can do in this new version of Microsoft’s operating system, we invite you to take a look at this article where we explain how to install Google Play Store on your Windows 11 PC.