Ditch laggy screen-mirroring and get app-happy – Apple TV and Fire TV VPN apps will bring smoother streams to your…

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If you want to keep up with the World Cup wherever you go, or get hold of a secure streaming connection, then you have a few options.

The standard method is to use a VPN on a laptop or mobile device, and then use a HDMI cable to connect the device to your TV and display the image, effectively turning the TV into a monitor.

You could also try wireless casting via AirPlay, Chromecast, or Windows’ Miracast, but the experience is rarely as straightforward as your TV maker or the casting technology pretends it is. It all takes precious fiddling around time and that's time that your World Cup watch party guests will not be willing to wait.

Instead, turn to your hardware and try out your VPN provider's native TV apps or its apps for media streamers like Fire Sticks or Apple TV boxes. For most of these devices,...

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