If you like to watch videos via Facebook, you can now watch them on a larger screen. In this article we explain how to create a Facebook video Apple TV or Chromecast stream.
This way you stream Facebook videos to an Apple TV or Chromecast
More than a hundred million hours of video are played on Facebook every day. It is therefore high time to expand this platform a little further. As long as you have the Facebook iOS app on your iPhone and have a Chromecast or Apple TV paired with your TV, you can now stream all your videos to the big screen. That is how it works.
- Search for a video in the Facebook app that you want to play on your Apple TV or Chromecast;
- Press the TV icon in the top right corner of the video;
- Choose the device you want to stream to;
- The video will now play on your TV.
The great thing about this is that you can just keep scrolling through your timeline on your iPhone, while the video continues to run on your television screen. In addition to streaming normal videos, Facebook Live streams are also supported. This also shows new comments and likes on the screen. This allows you to watch a live stream on TV, while your iPhone or iPad can be used to type a response.
Facebook bets on videos
Streaming Facebook videos to your TV is yet another attempt by the social network to encourage video viewing. You have to, because YouTube is doing everything in its power to keep the sharing of videos within the YouTube ecosystem. As a result, Facebook sees the number of YouTube videos shared steadily declining. This only makes the network’s own video player more important.
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