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if you have a Samsung Galaxy s3 or an s2 and a Samsung Smart TV you can wirelessly stream content from your phone to your TV with a little effort it's the Samsung AllShare Play app that lets you do this and a lot more but today I'll just show you how to stream music videos and photos from your phone to your TV first make sure your phone and your TV are connected to the same Wi-Fi network then launch the AllShare Play app on your phone you'll be asked to either create an account or sign in if you create an account when you set up your TV just use that account or if not set up a username and password back on your TV launch the Smart Hub then head on over to the AllShare Play app which is already pre-installed now log in by hitting the a button on your remote and use the same username and password you set up just a minute ago hit login and you should end up at this screen now if you go down to a tab like videos you should see your phone over here on the right but if you don't and it looks like this you'll need to change a setting on your phone so go to settings more settings nearby devices and check file-sharing now you should see your phone show up now that you're connected there are two ways to stream content the first is by exploring the content on your phone from the AllShare Play app so for example I can go to the Photos tab select my phone and my gallery will show up over here on the left so as you can see it's pretty fast and you can even browse photos full screen by selecting them and then just clicking through and if you hit this tools button on your remote you'll have even more options like starting a slideshow or changing the size of the photos also check out music go down to music select my phone and all my tracks will show up so I'll just pick one hit play and it'll start playing through your TV also if you want more options like choosing from a playlist don't forget about that tools button so that's one way to stream content the other is by browsing through media on your phone and then sending them to your TV in this case you don't even need to be in the app to make it happen it'll just interrupt the show and play it which is awesome and annoying all at the same time here's how it works find the song or the video you want to play on your phone play it and you'll see this icon show up it shows up next to anything that can be beamed to your TV if you don't see the icon hit the menu button and select scan for nearby devices once it scans then you should see that icon show up tap it and your media will be beamed to your TV here's that works with photos find the photo you want a beam select it and tap that icon and when you zoom in and out on your phone it'll do the same thing on screen pretty awesome now if you don't have a Samsung Smart TV and you still want these features check out the AllShare cast dongle it basically adds a lot of the same functionality to your TV I also mentioned that all share lets you do a lot more than just beam content to your TV it's a full DLNA hub so try it for sharing content between your PC phone tablet and your TV alright if you have any questions hit me up on Twitter and check out the full written guide to this tutorial on how to cnet.com for CNET I'm Sharon Vaknin you