You have a vizio smart tv and you are wondering and looking to connect laptop to vizio smart tv wirelessy and want to cast your laptop to vizio smart tv using smartcast and what ever is playing on your computer screen you can mirror content to your vizio smart tv. Follow below steps to connect to smart tv wirelessly simply by using chrome browser.
How to Connect Laptop to VIZIO Smart tv Wirelessly and mirror screen:
Before performing this steps make sure you have updated your google chrome browser to the latest version.
Step 1: update your chrome browser to latest version.
Step 2: Make sure that you have connected to the same WIFI both in laptop and your vizio smart tv to cast your laptop to your vizio smart tv.
Note: If you have not connected to the same wifi when you connect laptop to vizio smart tv wirelessly and casting your laptop screen it will not get connected. So make sure that you have connected to the same wifi network.
Step 3: Open chrome browser
Step 4: On top right corner click on the three dots then click cast.
Note: If you are not seeing option of cast then you are not connected to same wifi network (your laptop is connected to different wifi network and your vizio smart tv is connected to different wifi network)
Step 5: Once you click on cast, you will be prompted with available casting devices (available to connect wirelessy) if you see vizio smart tv listed in there, click cast desktop.
Step 6: Now choose your vizio smart tv to connect laptop to vizio smart tv wirelessly and cast it.
Step 7: Once it gets connected you will see your laptop screen on your smart tv wirelessly and automatically without any hustle or facing any problem casting to vizio smart tv.
Step 8: All your content on your laptop, like what ever your brows on your laptop will be seen on your smart tv wirelessly.
Step 9: if you play video, presentation, photos and everything on your laptop it will be played on vizio smart tv wirelessly since it got connected and casted to vizio smart tv.
Step 10: Once you are done click on cast button and click on stop, casting from laptop to your smart tv will get disconnected and it will not be casted what ever you play on your laptop.
Step 11: When ever you want to connect laptop to vizio smart tv wirelessly and want to cast it on your smart tv, just click on cast and it will be visible and gets connected wirelessly and visible on your vizio smart tv.
That’s it it’s very simple and yet power full built in feature on chrome browser to cast and connect laptop to vizio smart tv wirelessly. You can also connect your laptop to vizio smart tv by chrome cast as well, but when chrome browser is helping you to connect easily you don’t need to buy any external devices to connect your laptop to vizio smart tv wirelessly.
How to connect Android Phone or tablet VIZIO smart tv wirelessly using mirror screen?
Yes you can also cast your android phone and tablet as well wirelessly to vizio smart tv using mirror screen, let’s see how to connect vizio smart tv for android and tablet below:
Step 1: Open your Android phone and scroll down the notification bar to bottom
Step 2: You will see an option of Cast
Step 3: Click on cast and your android mobile or tablet it will prompt and ask you with available vizio smart tv, just click on your vizio tv and wait till it gets connected.
Step 3: Once it gets connected it your android mobile or tablet screen will start appearing on your vizio smart tv wirelessly.
Now your Android mobile or tablet is successfully connected to vizio smart tv and enjoy android mobile or tablet screening on your vizio smart tv.
Not only with Android or tablet you can also connect airplay to vizio smart tv easily by following above steps just make sure that you have connected to same wifi network.
How to connect laptop to vizio smart tv using hdmi cable and ports?
You can also connect your laptop to vizio smart tv using hdmi cable and connecting using wires as well. Just plug one end of usb hdmi cable to your laptop and other end to your vizio smart tv and it will start screening your laptop on vizio smart tv.
Do in need to install anything when connecting laptop to smart tv using hdmi cable?
No you don’t need any other installations required to connected your laptop to vizio smart tv, since you are connecting you laptop to vizio smart tv using hdmi cable nothing is required everything is connected via hdmi cable and ports.
Does my vizio tv have chromecast built-in?
Yes vizio smart tv have built in chromecast feature and it is the first smart tv to have built in feature of google chrome cast and allowing users to cast what ever they want to screen mirroring, casting and connect laptop to vizio smart tv wirelessly, android and tablet as well.
Make sure you are connected to same wifi network on your laptop and on your vizio smart tv.
Screen mirroring is nothing but mirroring everything on vizio smart tv with the device you have connected to vizio smart tv, it can be laptop, android, tablet, macbook, iPad or iPhoe etc.
Yes chrome cast is built in feature and in fact the first smart tv to have built in feature of chrome cast allowing users to mirror their screen on vizio smart tv.