Watching on your phone is great — but some nights call for the big screen. If you have a Chromecast or a Google TV, Beebo sends any movie or show straight to the television, and your phone turns into the remote. No extra box, no cables.
What you need: a Chromecast or Google TV (built into many TVs, or a small plug-in dongle), and your phone on the same Wi-Fi as that TV. That’s the whole shopping list.
Status: Beta. Casting is in the Android test download (now 1.51-tester68, build 118; not on Google Play). What each claim rests on: Installed and run on real devices (earlier test builds): on October 5, 2026 we cast from a Galaxy S9+ and a Galaxy S24 Ultra to a Chromecast TV on home Wi-Fi; 21 of 22 cast and phone checks passed on those builds. On October 26 and 27, later test builds streamed a film to a Chromecast TV with picture and sound, but found problems that are still open: captions missing on TVs, a cast that stuck after a short film ended, the Samsung TV volume and Unmute buttons, a downloaded copy that would not cast, and a new film that did not load after a cast had finished (details on the known issues page). Nick also reports that casting from his own Galaxy S24 to a Chromecast works; that is an owner report, not a recorded test. Experimental: the Cast button in Beebo’s browser player (not the Android app) is In development: it needs Google registration of the TV, and no TV was found in a test. Chrome’s own “Cast tab” menu is a different thing: it mirrors the whole browser tab, not just the video. See what’s tested →
Known problems (fixes are being tested): stopping a cast after switching to the next episode leaves the phone’s player stuck (“Try again” does not help; leave the player and open the episode again). After switching episodes while casting, the lock screen and notification can keep the old episode’s title, and the notification picture may be missing.
Not tested yet: the longer first-cast wait for a film your computer is still preparing (up to 2 minutes, with “Preparing on your computer”) on a real Chromecast, and casting away from home.
FOLLOW THE NUMBERS
The guide describes the controls; the artwork is an original Beebo illustration, not a current device capture. Layouts and labels can vary by build.
Open Beebo, pick a movie or show, and press play as usual.
Look for the little screen-with-waves icon in the player’s top bar. It appears whenever a Chromecast or Google TV is found on your Wi-Fi.
Choose your TV or Chromecast from the list. After a moment, the film appears on the big screen.
🍿 Your phone is now the remote. Play, pause, skip, jump forward, adjust volume — all from your hand. You can even lock your phone or answer a text; the movie keeps playing on the TV. Tap the Cast button again and choose Stop casting when you’re done.
The Cast button only shows up when Beebo finds a compatible device. Check that your phone and your Chromecast/Google TV are on the same Wi-Fi network (guest networks and 2.4GHz-vs-5GHz splits can hide them from each other), that the TV is switched on, and that you’re in the player screen. Then reopen the movie and look at the top bar again.
Any Chromecast or a TV with Google TV / Chromecast built in. AirPlay works too when you watch in Safari on an iPhone, iPad or Mac — the AirPlay button appears in the player as soon as an Apple TV is on your Wi-Fi. (The downloadable Android app casts to Google devices only — for AirPlay, watch in Safari instead.)
Give it a few seconds to appear. If it still doesn’t, restart the Chromecast (unplug for 10 seconds) and make sure it’s on the same Wi-Fi as your phone. Moving closer to the router can help too.
Usually it starts on its own: Beebo quietly converts any file the Chromecast can’t play directly in the background, so give it a moment. From Android 1.51-tester11 the phone waits up to 2 minutes for the first piece and shows “Preparing on your computer”; that longer wait has not been tried on a real Chromecast yet. If a particular older or unusual file won’t start, try another title to confirm casting works, then let Beebo finish preparing that file.
Yes! Once it’s on the TV, your phone is just the remote — browse other titles, reply to messages, or lock the screen. The movie keeps playing on the TV.
Casting works when your phone and the Chromecast share a Wi-Fi network — so it’s perfect at home or anywhere you and the TV are on the same Wi-Fi (a rental, a relative’s place). It isn’t for casting to a TV in a different location.