The next window (Figure 3) requests that you give the host system a name, which will eventually show up on the remote (aka “guest”) device. The second window in the CRD installation process The next window displays the message: “Ready to install.” Click the Accept & Install button shown in Figure 2.įigure 2. Installing Chrome Remote Desktop starts with pressing the download button. You should now see the window shown in Figure 1. If prompted, sign in to your Google account. (No surprise there.) The setup process starts with installing the CRD app and Chrome extension on the host computer (the machine you want to access.) Launch the Chrome browser and open the “chrome remote desktop” page. After successfully entering it, you'll gain complete control over your computer.To use CRD, you need two things: the Chrome browser and a Google account.
Tapping on the computer name will launch a remote session, where you'll be prompted to enter your PIN. After its installed on your device, sign into the same Google account you used in Chrome and your computer should show up in the list. Now that you have a PIN and the app is installed on your computer, download the iOS app from the App Store here. You did write it down, didn't you? OK, good. The most important aspect of setting up the service is to remember your PIN. Trust me when I say, you need very little technical expertise to get it installed. A video walking you through it all can be found here.
Once you have those two items installed, launch the app on your desktop and follow the prompts to complete the setup process. Second, you'll need to install the desktop version of the Chrome Remote Desktop app from the Chrome Web Store. Chrome Remote Desktop app in the Chrome Web Store. Then on Monday Google unceremoniously released the iOS Chrome Remote Desktop app into the App Store, making it super-easy to access your computer (or a family member's computer) from your mobile device wherever you have a connection.īefore we dive into setting up the iOS app - or lack of required setup - you'll need to make sure you have two things installed on the computer you plan on connecting to. When it came to this Google service, iOS had been left out. It's been around for years, allowing users to access a Windows or Mac computer from another computer or an Android device.
An iPhone 6 Plus controlling a MacBook Air using Chrome Remote Desktop.Ĭhrome Remote Desktop is hardly a new service from Google.
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