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| Chrome Remote Desktop | |
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| Developer | |
| Initial release | October 8, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-10-08)[1] |
| Stable release | 139.0.7258.8 / June 26, 2025; 3 months ago (2025-06-26) |
| Operating system | ChromeOS,Linux (beta),macOS,iOS,Windows,Android |
| Type | Remote desktop software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | remotedesktop |
Chrome Remote Desktop is aremote desktop software tool, developed byGoogle, that allows a user to remotely control another computer's desktop through aproprietary protocol also developed by Google, internally calledChromoting.[2][3] The protocol transmits the keyboard and mouse events from the client to the server, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction over acomputer network. This feature, therefore, consists of aserver component for the host computer, and aclient component on the computer accessing the remote server. Chrome Remote Desktop uses a unique protocol, as opposed to using the commonRemote Desktop Protocol (developed byMicrosoft[4]).
The Chrome Remote Desktop client was originally aChrome extension from theChrome Web Store requiringGoogle Chrome; the extension isdeprecated, and aweb portal is available atremotedesktop.google.com. The browser must supportWebRTC and other unspecified "modern web platform features".[5] The client software is also available onAndroid[6] andiOS.[7]
If the computer hosts remote access, such as for remote support and system administration,[8] a server package is downloaded.[9] A Chromium-based browser that supportsChromium extensions such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge must be used. This is available forMicrosoft Windows,macOS,Linux andChromeOS.[10]
The Chrome Remote Desktop allows a permanent, pre-authorized connection to a remote computer, designed to allow a user to connect to another one of their own machines remotely.[11] In contrast, Remote Assistance is designed for short-lived remote connections, and requires an operator on the remote computer to participate in authentication, as remote assistance login is viaPIN passwords generated by the remote host's human operator. This method of connection will also periodically block out the control from the connecting user, requiring the person on the host machine to click a button to "Continue sharing" with the connected client.[citation needed]
Under Windows, it supports copying and pasting across the two devices and real-time audiofeed as well but lacks the option to disable sharing and transmission of the audio stream.[12]
