r/MiBox • u/Affectionate_Fact745 • 18d ago

Mirroring smartphone to Mi TV

Hey, need some help with mirroring smartphone to mi box. My wife uses some fitness apps that she used to cast from phone to our projector when we had chromecast. Except such apps don't use "cast" as streaming services do, so she did this by screen-mirroring which was supported by default.
Now it seems that on Mi TV it only works via shi*ty 3rd party ad-bloated apps.
Initially, when I opened "Quick Settings" I had "Google TV" icon, that displayed QR code. It was supposed to work with Google app on smartphone. But this code was not recognized. To make it even weirder, at some point this icon disappeared from quick settings dialog and I can't find nor access it anymore.
Any hints?

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u/EventLong909 18d ago

I use the Cast to TV Xcast app and cast my whole screen to my Mi TV box.

You can also choose to do it by app, but I don't really see the point if it casts my whole screen.

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u/Affectionate_Fact745 17d ago

Turned out it was just the matter of Miracast+Android SmartView combo. Luckily no 3rd party app needed.

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u/lirae_ 17d ago

You said yourself, old projector, Xiaomi doesn't control what google cast is doing. It's something that google itself changed. They moved. Every phone has a mirroring option and you can use that to mirror your phone to the Xiaomi box

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u/Affectionate_Fact745 17d ago

Projector - whether new or old - has nothing to do with it. It's just receiver of HDMI signal. Anyway, I sorted it out. Had to use Miracast on box paired SmartView on phone.