About this app

Requires Streaming Devices:
Chromecast 1, 2, and Ultra HD 4K
Amazon Fire TV and Fire Stick
Apple TV Airplay (4th gen) tvOS 10.2+
Roku Express and Roku Streaming Stick
DLNA receivers
Xbox One, Xbox 360
Google Cast receivers

Free Features:
1● cast to TV, video or music
2● cast web videos found online from websites
3● stream to TV from file files on phone to Chromecast or compatible devices
4● only 2 items in queue at a time
5● only 1 bookmark at a time
6● play local files on phone(currently only supports mp4 and mp3)
7● play history
8● searching of videos on any websites
9● block popups per website

●●●●●Free features are ads-supported. Premium features can be used by watching video ads.

Pro Premium Features:
☆☆ removes advertisements
☆☆ subtitles (only Chromecast for now)
☆☆ custom themes
☆☆ more than 2 videos in queue
☆☆ more than 1 bookmarks
☆☆ set home page
☆ sync across devices

<<<<<<< This app works best with Google Chromecast and Google Cast receivers. Users may experience limited functionalities with other casting receivers.
This is not a phone screen mirroring/sharing app.

Cast videos and music from web browser to TV.
Watch and cast web videos, live news and sports, etc...
Stream music found on websites to Chromecast streaming receiver.

Also cast local movies and musics found on your phone/tablet to TV with compatible streaming devices.

Usage Steps:
☆1. Use the app's browser to navigate to a website.
☆2. The browser will try to find any playable video/audio on that site.
☆3. Then play it locally on the Phone/Tablet, or cast to TV with Chromecast or one of the compatible streaming receivers.

Supported Formats:
MP4 movie
MKV files
MP3 music
HTML5 video
HLS Live Streaming
Some iptv m3u8 urls
4K and HD where available

Limitations of Some Streaming Receivers
Apple TV AirPlay: Battery Optimization must be disabled for Android 6.0 Marshmallow and up, local cast of audio not supported. MKV files not supported. Some urls formats not supported.
Amazon Fire TV: some video formats not supported.
Roku Sticks: no video resuming/scrubbing, no audio streaming, some file formats not supported.
The following streaming devices and Smart TVs are in BETA support, so please do not expect them to work as good as Chromecast: DLNA devices, Android TV, Xbox One & 360, WebOS, Netcast

Some Smart TVs have Google Chromecast app (or DLNA) built-in:
according to this: https://www.google.com/chromecast/built-in/tv/
they include: Vizio, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Philips, Polaroid, Skyworth, Soniq
If you have any of those models, please check if it has one of the streaming receivers to see if it's compatible to cast to TV.

***Castify does not modify, download, or transcode the video sources. It only sends the original source to your streaming receivers. The app does not hosts any content. Therefore the compatibility and availability of the videos are dependent on the source websites themselves.

-If a video is not playing or a disconnection occurs, it could be several reasons:
1. The ISP(Internet Service Provider)
2. The source website itself
3. Insufficient WIFI signal strength

Troubleshooting:
-Ensure your WIFI connection is stable and on the same network. Casting to TV requires a good internet connection.
-Most connection problems can be resolved by restarting the streaming receiver and phone/tablet.
-Open the url in the System Browser to ensure the source and site is working properly there.
-Flash websites are not supported by streaming device manufacturers.

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.