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How to cast YouTube from phone to pc/laptop

Today we will learn how to watch YouTube on pc/laptop using cast option from your Android or iOS device.

How do I go about this tutorial you might wonder? I have a laptop from 2006 and we use it while using AC in another room which doesn't have TV.

You need to install  custom userAgent string extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/custom-useragent-string/lejiafennghcpgmbpiodgofeklkpahoe?hl=en-US&utm_source=ext_sidebar

You will be able to change the youtube version to that of youtube TV.

Enter the desired url: youtube.com/tv

In custom userAgent it will be by default written something else like different version, copy paste this code in that box.

enter a custom userAgent string:

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Tizen 2.3 ) AppleWebKit/538.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/2.3 TV Safari/538.1

Click on the plus button to add the selection, sometimes YouTube.com/tv won't be added so you can also add again.

Open YouTube.com/tv on your browser and then it will tell your to activate your or sign up with your YouTube account but if you don't want you can skip this step. 

Go to YouTube settings and click to pair with tv code from your phone and pc. Enter the code and your phone will be paired with your PC.

Now on your phone select the YouTube video you want to watch and choose the cast icon in your phone and choose the TV.


Disclaimer 

So I use this laptop to watch videos as a TV replacement in that room. Earlier I used to watch it full screen using f11 but it is not working i guess.

Although trick is old but it still works but there's a catch it's only 480p at the moment.

This trick helps the browser into considering your computer into an Android TV.

This was working well in 2018 and was by default in 2014-2016 era I guess but was removed by YouTube.

This tutorial only works when you have Wi-Fi in your pc/laptop and connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

No ai or chatgpt was used in the production of this tutorial. Everything was first tested thoroughly and then written to avoid any issues.

Good day.


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