Don’t turn your tv off. Have it play a photo gallery

A streaming stick from Amazon Fire TV, Google’s Chromecast or Roku sells for as little as $20. Many support photo galleries, either built in or through downloadable third-party apps that

treat your slideshow as a personalized screensaver. Some apps work better with specific TVs. Amazon Fire TV works best with Amazon Photos while Chromecast works best with Google Photos,

which you can customize via its app. Meanwhile, Flickr is often bundled with Samsung smart TVs. With a Chromecast stick: 1. Open the GOOGLE HOME app on your mobile device and tap

CHROMECAST. 2. Now select PERSONALIZE AMBIENT | GOOGLE PHOTOS | RECENT HIGHLIGHTS. 3. From here, select FAMILY & FRIENDS and tap the people you want to include in your slideshow. Hit

CONFIRM. 4. CAST FROM YOUR PHONE While you’ll have to do a little more work, you can wirelessly cast photos and home movies from your phone to your television when you’re not watching TV. As

long as you’re on the same wireless network as your smart TV, you can launch your phone’s photo gallery, select a bunch of photos, videos or both and transmit them to your big screen. From

YouTube: 1. Open the YouTube app on your mobile device or computer and find the video you want to watch. 2. Tap the video to play it. You don’t need to expand it to full screen on your

device. 3. Click on the SMALL ICON THAT RESEMBLES A TV SCREEN WITH A WI-FI LOGO in the top right corner of your screen to see a list of TV options. 4. Select the TV where you want the video

to be played. Your phone or tablet may display SEARCHING FOR DEVICES, so once it finds a compatible TV, select it. Your video should begin playing. If you have an Apple TV, you can show

photos on your television in two ways. One option: Wirelessly cast photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad via AirPlay2. 1. In photos, tap a photo, then tap the SHARE icon.    2. Swipe

up, tap, then choose your Apple TV or an AirPlay 2-enabled smart TV as the playback destination. If an AirPlay passcode appears on the TV screen, enter the passcode on your iPhone or iPad. 

A second way is to launch the Photos app on the Apple TV box, which can display your iCloud Shared Photo Library: 1. On your Apple TV, open the SETTINGS app. Choose USERS AND ACCOUNTS, then

select your account.