Cue up your favorite YouTube videos to make your own TV channel
Although it is one of the most obvious uses of a Chromecast, the dongle really comes into its own when used with YouTube. The ease with which you can cast a video to your TV screen means that it very quickly becomes second nature to do. It is infinitely preferable to watching on your phone’s screen, especially when watching long form video rather than short clips. It is also built for the addictive nature of YouTube where you see one video after another that you want to watch. You don’t need to skip ahead with your Chromecast, you can simply add all your videos to the TV Queue, and before you know it you’ll have a whole evening’s viewing sorted. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to connect your Chromecast to YouTube, how to add videos and also how to manage your queue while you’re watching it.
1. Two ways to cast
There are two ways to cast a YouTube video to your TV. The first is by tapping on the Cast icon that will appear on the Action bar at the top of the screen. The app will then prompt you to connect to your device.
2. Connect to cast
With your phone, the YouTube app and the Chromecast dongle all connected, pick a video and a new screen will open. Hit Play and it will instantly begin casting to your TV screen. You can scroll through the video here too.
3. Pick and play
Alternatively you can open a video that you want to cast then tap the Chromecast icon on the Action bar. From here tap Play to begin casting. This is best used for ad hoc viewing, where you want to send a single video to your TV screen.
4. Add to the queue
When your chosen video is casting you can add more to the queue by minimizing the video (tap the back button or swipe down) then searching for more. When you find a new video hit the three dots icon and choose Add to TV Queue.
5. Rearrange your queue
Switch back to your playing video and scroll down to see more information about it. Just below the video screen is the TV Queue option. Tap this to open the queue and you can now rearrange or remove clips that are lined up to play.
