RELATED: How to Customize Your Google Chromecast with Personal Wallpapers and Moreįurther, security concerns aside, the guest mode is really handy when you have a long and secure Wi-Fi password and you don’t want to kill a bunch of time inputting it into your friend’s device: “Uppercase A as in Alpha, dollar sign, nine, two, C as in Charlie, exclamation point…”
While most people won’t have a problem sharing their Wi-Fi password with their house guests, it’s a welcome addition for not just privacy minded folks who want to keep their home networks locked down but also Chromecast users on corporate networks where it isn’t feasible to share Wi-Fi access with everyone.
Thanks to the recently added Chromecast guest mode, you no longer have to share your Wi-Fi password to enable guests to access the device. Guests simply need to have Wi-Fi password and Android Chromecast App, iOS Chromecast App, or Desktop App (available for Windows, OS X, and Chrome OS) installed. Although not necessarily ideal from a security standpoint (as you may not wish to share your Wi-Fi password with the guests you want to share your Chromecast with) it is currently the most foolproof method as it works across Android, iOS, and desktop operating systems.
