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Chromecast and Google TV

A Chromecast is a good, cheap way to put Hestia on a TV or a spare monitor. Hestia's own cast button, which hands the wall to the Chromecast so nothing else needs to stay on, is waiting for Google's approval and does not show yet.

Today: cast a Chrome tab

1. On a laptop or desktop with Chrome, on the same Wi-Fi as the Chromecast, open your wall and make sure it shows.
2. Chrome menu (⋮) → Cast, save and share → Cast…, then pick the Chromecast. Under Sources, choose Cast tab.
3. The TV shows the wall for as long as that tab stays open and the computer stays awake.

Google TV with a browser

A Chromecast with Google TV or another Android TV can run a web browser from its app store. Open it and follow A TV or any screen with a web browser. A Hestia TV app that keeps the screen on by itself is coming to Google Play.

More guides

• A TV or any screen with a web browser
  Smart TVs, Fire TV, monitors with a computer: pair once with a code.
• An iPad or Android tablet
  Add it to the home screen, pair it, and keep it awake.
• A Raspberry Pi on a monitor
  A Pi 3 or newer opening the wall full screen on every start.
• Google Calendar
  Show your Google calendars and add events from the wall.
• Apple Calendar and other calendar links
  iCloud, school and team calendars by their iCal address.
• An iCloud shared album
  A live album: photos added to it appear on the wall by themselves.
• Photos from Google Photos
  Pick photos in Google Photos and Hestia copies them to your wall.
• Framing photos
  Move and zoom any photo, choose which ones show, and how often.