Tech Reference

How to use your Chromecast to stream Amazon Prime Video from your iPhone

Written by Steven John
Apple iPhone 11
With an iPhone, you can stream Amazon Prime onto your Chromecast. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
Read in app

For years, Amazon Prime Video was available only on devices like the Apple TV or Roku — in other words, devices that could run apps on their own. This left Chromecast users in the cold.

Fortunately, this is no longer the case. You can watch all Amazon Prime shows and movies via your Google Chromecast. All you need is a device to cast the content to your Chromecast — for example, an iPhone.

Here's how to use your iPhone to watch Amazon Prime Video content on a TV with a Chromecast.

Check out the products mentioned in this article:

iPhone 11 (From $699.99 at Best Buy)

Google Chromecast (From $35.00 at Best Buy)

How to Chromecast Amazon Prime Video from an iPhone

1. Turn on the television that your Chromecast is set up on, and switch to the HDMI input that it's connected to.

2. Open the Amazon Prime Video app on your iPhone and begin playing a show or movie.

3. Tap the cast icon in the corner — it looks like a rectangle with three semicircles coming out of it.

Chromecast Prime iPhone 2
You'll need to download and set up the free Prime Video app.  Steven John/Business Insider

4. A list of castable devices will appear. Select your Chromecast device.

After a moment, Amazon Prime Video will appear on your television.

 

Related coverage from How To Do Everything: Tech:

Insider Inc. receives a commission when you buy through our links.

Read next

极速168赛车官方网站图片

Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know

极速168赛车官方网站图片

Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know

极速168赛车官方网站图片

Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know

极速168赛车官方网站图片

Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know

Headshot of Steven John
Steven John
Steven John has been a freelance writer for more than a dozen years and has been a regular contributor to Business Insider since 2017. His work includes a focus on the tech world, covering companies including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others. He also reviews restaurants, shares how-to cooking articles, and writes general interest pieces.Steven also writes for publications including Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Forbes, and more. In the past, he also wrote for New York Magazine, Mashed, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He runs his own outdoor lifestyle site, Dad Gear Review, and co-hosts the Fact Trekkers podcast with his son. He has had two novels published, Three A.M. and Outrider. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communications focused on filmmaking.He is an avid outdoorsman and can be frequently found in a kayak or on a mountain trail, often with his family along for the adventure.Expertise:Tech industryTech hardwareOutdoorsCookingRestaurantsDIYPopular articles:Microsoft: A history of the software giant co-founded by Bill Gates, its products and services, jobs, layoffs, and moreYouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropistTim Cook net worth: How the Apple leader earns and spends his moneyBecoming an Amazon seller is a simple process. Here's what's involved, plus how you make money and get paid.