Does the Nexus 6p have an HDMI output?

[RHChan84]

Re: Does the Nexus 6p have an HDMI output

Chromecast still needs am internet connection.
Anyone that travels know how hotel wifis are managed and how to log onto them. Can't do it with Chromecast. In this case, HDMI cable is needed.

 

[bleong1977]

Has anyone tried using the 6p as a hotspot and connecting a Chromcast device through that network? It seems like it would work like that.

Still not as easy as a cable though :-(

 

[czaplin]

I'm in the same boat. Last trip I was able to setup Chromecast to hotel network. But casting an hd movie resulted in horrible lag. Just didn't work.

Therefore, I'm considering buying a travel router from Amazon and test the hd quality. If that won't work, I'll be force to take a 11" laptop with me with hdmi port.

 

[RHChan84]

I'm in the same boat. Last trip I was able to setup Chromecast to hotel network. But casting an hd movie resulted in horrible lag. Just didn't work.

Therefore, I'm considering buying a travel router from Amazon and test the hd quality. If that won't work, I'll be force to take a 11" laptop with me with hdmi port.

Nope. Your still using hotel wifi which is usually slow so it will still lag. The only way it wasn't slow was using my mifi but it's limited data so I'm not going to use it and recently, i just canceled it since my work gave me one as well. But I never use my work one for personal so I haven't hooked up my Chromecast in a while to it.

 

[paulmike3]

Re: Does the Nexus 6p have an HDMI output

No it doesn't and it's absolutely unnecessary. If you want to connect to your TV just cast to it. A Chromecast will allow you to cast anything to your TV, basically the TV mirrors the phone screen. If you have a smart TV you don't even need a Chromecast, you can cast directly to it with Allcast and apps like Netflix and Youtube will couple to the TV's Netflix and Youtube apps allowing you to control them with the phone but playing through the TVs Ethernet or WiFI connection.

Chromecast doesn't do 4K. HDMI is still very necessary. Nuff said.

 

[RHChan84]

Re: Does the Nexus 6p have an HDMI output

Chromecast has its advantages and disadvantages. It's a big disadvantage for travelers. Anyone knows hotel wifi is painfully slow especially after 6PM when everyone is back at the hotel.

Call me old fashion but I'd much rather have a physical cable then to do it wirelessly. I like actually cables over wireless setups. Even my home network has my TV wired up, PS3/PS4 wired up and an extra port left for streaming on my laptop. Yet everything can be done wirelessly.

 

[angelbones1]

Re: Does the Nexus 6p have an HDMI output

Chromecast still needs am internet connection.
Anyone that travels know how hotel wifis are managed and how to log onto them. Can't do it with Chromecast. In this case, HDMI cable is needed.

Sooooo, does anyone have a definitive answer. I travel in an RV at times, so no internet. However, if I could download to my phone and then plug that into my HDMI that would be great and exactly what I'm looking for, just as the OP was.

 

[GSDer]

Re: Does the Nexus 6p have an HDMI output

The definitive answer, according to all of the threads I've reviewed, is no, there's no HDMI output from the Nexus 6P. See if you can score a Nexus 7 2013 (32gb preferred; from Woot or some other reliable source) and you'll be able to use a Slimport adapter for that purpose (worked for me in the past when I traveled).

 

[PGrey]

A decent tablet would work well too, and most will accept a microSD card, so that you could download a slew of videos, for offline viewing. Most have the micro-HDMI port, which is easy enough to attach to a TV or whatever.

 

[Buddy1969]

I use AllCast on my Samsung and LG TV Plus on my LG WebOS3 SmartTV

All works fine.

 

[zkSharks]

I'm pretty sure the 6P doesn't support it, though you'll certainly find misleading information even directly from Google:

The Nexus team says no during their AMA, the Google Store tweets that it does work, and then Google Support backs up the tweet.