How to Connect Your Phone to a Samsung TV

Project from a media streaming application

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Connect your Samsung TV and phone to the same network. To mirror your phone on your TV, both devices must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

To proceed, you can learn online about 'connect Samsung TV to Wi-Fi' and 'connect to Wi-Fi on mobile phone'.

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Open the app you want to project to. There are many media streaming applications that support projection to smart TVs, including: Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime, iHeart Radio, Pandora, etc.

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Tap the Cast icon. This option has an image of a TV with a Wi-Fi tower in the lower left of the icon. You can usually find it in the upper right corner of the app. The phone will scan and display a list of devices within range.

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Tap Samsung TV. After your phone scans the list of nearby devices, tap the Samsung TV you want to mirror to.

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Select content to play. Browse media on the app to project to TV. When you find the content you want to watch, tap the file on your phone screen.

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Click the triangle Play icon. The video or music will start playing on the TV. You can use your phone's app controls to play back content on the TV.

You can still open other apps and browse the web on your phone while streaming media to your TV.

Project Samsung Galaxy screen to TV

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Connect your phone and Samsung TV to the same network. In order for a smartphone to detect the TV, the two devices must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. During the process of setting up your Samsung smartphone and TV, you need to make sure that they are both connected to the same network.

To proceed, you can learn online about 'connect Samsung TV to Wi-Fi' and 'connect to Wi-Fi on mobile phone'.

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Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. This will display the notification bar. To see the quick access icons, you can swipe down twice or swipe down with two fingers.

iPhone and iPad users can check out "How to use Smart View on iPhone or iPad" to learn the process of downloading the Smart View app from the App Store and connecting it to a Samsung Smart TV.

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Tap Quick Connect or Smart View . Smartphones running older versions of Android may display "Quick Connect" or "Search phone and scan for nearby devices" below the quick access icons. On newer Android versions, Smart View is located in the quick access icons. The application has an icon of two squares connected by an arrow.

If you don't find Smart View among the quick access icons, swipe left to see more options.

The first time you use Quick Connect, you may be prompted to activate or update the application.

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Tap Scan for nearby devices . Most smartphones have the ability to automatically scan for nearby devices. If you don't see a list of nearby devices, click Scan for nearby devices .

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Click on Samsung Smart TV. Once your phone finds nearby devices, tap Samsung smart TV from the list that appears. Thus, the phone screen will be reflected on the Samsung TV.

Use your phone as a remote control

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Connect your phone and Samsung TV to the same network. For a smartphone to detect the TV, the two devices must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. During the process of setting up your Samsung smartphone and TV, you need to make sure that they are both connected to the same network.

To proceed, you can learn online about 'connect Samsung TV to Wi-Fi' and 'connect to Wi-Fi on mobile phone'.

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Download the Samsung Smart View application. The Samsung Smart View app has a red, white, and blue icon with an image of a TV and Wi-Fi tower below. Please follow the steps below to download the Samsung Smart View application from the Google Play Store.

Open Google Play Store .

Type Samsung Smart Viewin the search bar at the top of the screen.

Tap Samsung Smart View .

Click Install on the Samsung Smart View information page.

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Open the Samsung Smart View app. After installing the Samsung Smart View app, you can open it by tapping "Open" in the Google Play Store, or tapping the Samsung Smart View icon on your home screen/app drawer.

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Click on Samsung Smart TV. The first time you open the app, a list of Samsung smart TVs on the same Wi-Fi network will appear. Tap the TV you want to connect to.

Tap Allow if prompted to allow the Samsung Smart View app to access images and videos on your phone. You can use the Samsung Smart View app to project videos and photos on your TV.

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Select Allow on TV. When the prompt appears on the TV, use the remote and select Allow to allow the TV to connect to the Smart View application.

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Tap the remote control icon. The option with this TV remote icon is located in the lower right corner of the Smart View application. The remote will appear on the phone screen and you can use it to control the TV.

We can also use the Smart View application to launch applications installed on the TV.

Micah Soto

Update 07 November 2023