
With MacBooks, that means a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI converter, usually, which can run from $7 to $35, and will likely weigh the exact same as a Chromecast. And if you’re traveling and need to present, you’re safest to bring a cable along to make sure your specific laptop can connect. If you’re organizing a conference or meeting, you usually have to make sure you have enough cables that almost everyone’s laptops will be able to connect. Or, you can even stream your entire screen, by means of an experimental feature hidden away in the extension’s drop-down.

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And you’re not limited to just the web: you can drag a picture, video, or PDF document into a new Chrome tab and show it on your TV. The site is rendered on your computer and streamed to the TV, so as you scroll or zoom in, it’ll scroll on the TV, though possibly with a small delay.

Once you have the Google Cast extension installed in Chrome on your Mac, PC or Chromebook, you can stream any tab on your laptop to your TV-a document, a Flash video, the mockup of your new site. That makes it nice back in your hotel room.īut the interesting thing about the Chromecast is the Chrome in its name. It’s sold as a way to make your TV smart: you plug it in, and after a quick setup you can easily queue up Netflix and YouTube on the big screen from a phone. The Chromecast is a $35 HDMI dongle that’s about the size of a USB flash drive, weighs just 34 grams (1.2 oz), and can stream nearly anything on your laptop or mobile devices to a TV or projector.
