
Users with iOS 11.0+ can use Guest Mode with certain restrictions, as shown in the Google image below. If you have not realized the functionality of Chromecast’s Guest Mode Wi-Fi beacon yet, it lets your Android tablet or smartphone’s 4G and 5G streaming apps work directly on your TV. However, you can’t utilize Chromecast’s full functionality without an internet connection from a host, as shown in the Google image below.

You can use Chromecast on devices without Wi-Fi to mirror the device’s screen. So, can you use Chromecast without Wi-Fi in Guest Mode? The answer is yes, and no.

However, the Chromecast still requires an internet source through a host (hotspot, router, or ethernet), as shown in the Google image below. Google certainly improved things when they added Guest Mode, which allows Chromecast to connect to any Google casting capable device that doesn’t have Wi-Fi internet. Connecting Devices to Chromecast without Internet However, when internet access is not an option, you can create a WLAN to use later without an internet connection, although that restricts what Chromecast can do. Plenty of sources can provide wireless internet while traveling, including Hotel Wi-Fi, portable hot spots, smartphone hot spots, ethernet connections, and more.

What we’re looking for is an option to set the app as the screen saver. This is where the process will be different depending on the screen saver app that you want to use. Read our guide on installing apps and use “screen saver” as your search term.

Installing an app on a Google TV device is not as simple as opening the Play Store. RELATED: How to Install Apps and Games on Google TVįirst, we’ll need to install a screen saver app. You have to open the screen saver settings from the screen saver app that you want to use. The ability to download a third-party screen saver is still available on Google TV-you just can’t do it from the Settings menu. “Ambient Mode” is actually just one of the possible screen savers you can use. That’s all there is to changing Ambient Mode, but here’s where things get a little complicated.
