TV Cast for Chromecast

Review by eFreeware

TV Cast for Chromecast is, at heart, a bridge between the phone in your pocket and the largest screen in the room. BoostVision built it to handle several jobs at once: pushing local photos and videos to a TV, mirroring the phone display itself, playing IPTV playlists, and even acting as a remote control. The range of targets is what stands out, since the app works with Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Android TV or Google TV sets, and also lists LG, Samsung, Roku, FireTV, Sony Bravia, Vizio, TCL, Hisense and several other brands.

That breadth is the reason to consider it. Most people who cast from a phone are juggling two or three apps to cover photos, a video file and a streaming link, and this one is built to cover those cases in a single place. It is a free download with advertising and in-app purchases, and it has been around long enough to accumulate more than ten million installs and a 4.4 average from over 117,000 ratings, which suggests a lot of people found it useful enough to keep.

I would point this at households that already own a cast-enabled TV or a streaming stick and want a straightforward way to get phone content onto it, and at people who need to show something on a bigger display for work or teaching. It is not a media library or a streaming service in its own right; it is the pipe between the device you hold and the screen you watch.

Sending your own photos, videos and music to the TV

The most common use is the simplest one. The app casts photos from the camera roll to a TV as a slideshow, which is a sensible fit for a family gathering or for showing travel pictures without passing a phone around the room. Videos from the phone's albums go across in a few taps, and the local music library can be sent to the TV as well, which is handy if the television is connected to better speakers than anything else in the house.

The app also reaches into cloud sources rather than only local storage. Dropbox files can be cast, and Google Photos is supported too, so a picture that lives online does not have to be downloaded to the phone first. I like that the app treats these as first-class sources rather than an afterthought, because it means you are not limited to whatever happens to be saved on the device.

For people who keep their media on a computer rather than a phone, there is a second path. With a receiver app installed on a Mac or Windows PC, the phone can send photos, videos and music to that machine over the same network. The developer's instructions call for the receiver to be running on the computer and both devices to be on one network before you pick the computer from the device list.

Mirroring the whole screen, including games and apps

Screen mirroring is the feature that turns the phone into a second display for the TV. According to the developer, the mirroring runs on a protocol the company developed itself and is meant to deliver HD, smooth images. That is a marketing description rather than something I can verify from a listing, so I would treat the quality claim as a promise and judge it on your own network once it is running.

The app also mirrors over AirPlay, which opens up Apple hardware: an Apple TV, a MacBook or another AirPlay-capable device can receive the phone's screen. That matters for mixed households where the television is not a Chromecast at all, and it is one of the reasons the app's compatibility list is longer than most. Games and other mobile apps are named as things you can mirror, along with fitness videos you might want on a larger display while you follow along.

The practical appeal here is that anything visible on the phone can be shown on the TV without hunting for a casting button inside each individual app. For a presentation in a meeting or a teaching document shown to a class, that is a real convenience. The trade-off is that mirroring leans on your wireless network, and the app's own setup notes are explicit that the phone and the TV need to be on the same Wi-Fi network for the connection to work.

IPTV playlists and the remote-control mode

Two features go beyond the usual casting app. The first is IPTV support: you can add m3u or m3u8 playlists and cast those channels to a smart TV display with one click. If you already subscribe to a provider that hands out playlist files, this saves you from installing a separate IPTV player on the television, and the app becomes the place where live channels and recorded content meet.

The second is a remote-control function. The app can power a TV off and handle playback controls such as play, pause, fast forward and rewind, and the developer lists Google TV, Android TV and Sony televisions among the sets it can command. The pitch is that you do not have to worry about misplacing the physical remote, which is a small thing until it happens in the middle of a film.

Neither feature is likely to be the reason someone downloads the app, but both add value once it is installed. The remote works alongside the casting rather than replacing a full television interface, so I would think of it as a convenience for the moments when the real remote has vanished under a cushion.

What you need before anything works

Setup is described in plain terms. You connect the phone and the TV to the same Wi-Fi network, open the app and connect it to the television, then tap the screen mirroring button and start the mirroring. There is no pairing code beyond selecting the device, which keeps the first run short. For casting to a computer, the receiver app has to be installed and running on the Mac or Windows machine first, and both devices have to sit on the same network before the computer appears in the list of available targets.

The network requirement is the part worth planning around. Casting and mirroring both depend on a stable local connection, and a weak signal in the room where the TV lives will affect the experience more than anything the app does. If your phone and television are on different networks, or the television is on a guest network that isolates clients, the app will not be able to see it.

The app is free to download, carries advertising and offers in-app purchases. It is rated for everyone, released in April 2022 and updated as recently as September 2026, so it is a current product rather than something left to sit. One note the developer includes: Chromecast is a Google trademark and the app is not affiliated with Google.

Where it fits in a household

I would expect this to suit people who own a cast-enabled television or streaming stick and want one tool that covers photos, video files, music, IPTV and mirroring rather than a different app for each. It also fits anyone whose setup mixes brands, since the app supports Chromecast and Android TV alongside LG, Samsung, Roku, FireTV and AirPlay receivers. If your household has an Apple TV in one room and a Chromecast in another, that single-app coverage is genuinely useful.

It is also a reasonable choice for work and teaching. Mirroring a phone screen to a meeting room display or casting a document to a classroom computer covers the presentation case without extra hardware, provided the network cooperates. And for anyone who follows IPTV providers that issue m3u playlists, the built-in support saves a step.

The app is less obviously aimed at people who already have a settled casting routine through their television's own software, or who mainly stream from subscription services that have their own cast buttons. Those users may find they do not need a separate tool. The advertising and in-app purchases are also part of the package, so it is worth going in knowing the app is supported that way.

A practical pick for mixed-device casting

TV Cast for Chromecast earns a place on a phone when the goal is to get content from that phone onto a larger screen without fuss. The combination of local photos and videos, Dropbox, Google Photos, music, IPTV playlists, AirPlay mirroring and a remote-control mode covers more ground than most single-purpose casting tools, and the long list of supported televisions and sticks means it is likely to work with whatever is already in the living room.

The caveats are straightforward. It is ad-supported with in-app purchases, it needs the phone and the target device on the same network, and the quality of mirroring will depend on that network as much as on the app. The developer's claim of HD, smooth mirroring is exactly that, a claim, and the sensible approach is to try it on your own setup before relying on it for something important.

My recommendation is for households with a mix of casting hardware, for people who want one app to handle photos, video, music and IPTV, and for anyone who occasionally needs to put a phone screen on a meeting room or classroom display. If that describes your setup, the install is easy and the free download makes it a low-risk thing to try.

What's new in version 2.4.4

* Support Remote TV * You can mirroring your phone to Apple devices via AirPlay(Apple TV, Macbook & other devices support airplay) *Improving Users Experience *Adapt the mirroring for the self-developed GoogleCast protocol, FireMirrorReceiver APP, LG_WebMirror, and the self-developed live streaming (m3u8mirror) protocol. *Support Chromecast, LG、Roku、Samsung、FireTV、DLNA devices Enjoy with your family!