Different Ways to Connect Samsung Galaxy S4 to a Samsung Smart TV

There are 3 different ways to connect your Samsung Galaxy S4 to a Samsung Smart TV. The first one is by connecting the smartphone to smart TV through screen mirroring which will let you share every activity you do on the phone to your big screen once they are connected.

Next one is by pairing through Youtube which requires internet connection on both devices. This also works with other brand of smartphone and smart TV. This feature will only show Youtube videos that you play from your smartphone onto your TV.

Last one will be using Swipe-It app. This will let you share pictures and videos that are saved on your phone's memory. This also works with other Android smartphone and iOS but only works for selected Samsung Smart TV. You first have to install the Swipe-It app on both devices and they should be connected on the same Wi-Fi network.


CONNECTING VIA SCREEN MIRRORING

1. Change the source of your Samsung Smart TV to your Screen Mirroring.

2. Go to the Settings of your Samsung Galaxy S4 and under Connections tap on Screen Mirroring.

3. Your phone should automatically scan and connect to your TV if you have already connected to it previously.

4. But if that doesn't see your TV like the one in this screenshot below, please tap Scan.

5. Once it find your TV, select and connect to that. It should say connected on you phone like this one below and it should show on your TV whatever you open on your Samsung Galaxy S4.

PAIRING TO YOUTUBE

1. Open up the Youtube app of your Samsung Smart TV.

2. Go to Settings and select PAIR DEVICE.

3. Wait for a few seconds until it show up the code. 

4. Open up an internet browser on your Samsung Galaxy S4 and go to www.youtube.com/pair then type or scan the code from your Smart TV then tap Add.

5. You can now easily search and play the video from your Samsung Galaxy S4 and watch it on your big screen.

SHARE USING SWIPE-IT

1. Now search and install the Samsung Swipe-It from Samsung Apps on your Samsung Smart TV.

2. Run the Swipe-it app then select start.

3. The code that will show up on the scree is the TV code that you will enter on your smartphone. It might just take sometime to show up the code so please be patient.

4. Now on your mobile phone, search and install the Samsung Swipe-It app from Google Play and run it.

5. Enter the code that you see on your big screen then tap on Login. Once its connected you can now swipe the photos that you want to share on your smart TV. Another great feature is that multiple people can share their photos or videos from their mobile device on the same TV at the same time. They just have to install the Swipe-it app as well on their smartphone.