Chrome Remote Desktop
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| Developer(s) | Google, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | October 8, 2011[1] |
| Stable release | 50.0.2661.22
/ March 29, 2016 |
| Operating system | Chrome OS, Linux (beta), OS X, iOS, Windows, Android |
| Type | Remote desktop software |
| License | BSD |
| Website | chrome |
Chrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop software tool developed by Google that allows a user to remotely control another computer using a Chromoting protocol developed by Google. It transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction, over a network.
Chrome Remote Desktop requires the use of Google Chrome, along with the installation of an extension from the Chrome Web Store.
Chrome Remote Desktop supports both a remote assistance mode, allowing a user to control another person's computer (typically to diagnose or troubleshoot a problem) as well as a remote desktop mode where a user can connect to another one of their own machines remotely.[2] While remote assistance login via PIN passwords is available for terminals running Windows, Mac, iOS, Android[3] or Linux operating systems, the remote desktop functionality is supported for Windows, Mac[2] and Linux operating systems with Linux support in beta.[4] It uses VP8 video to display the remote computer's desktop to the user.[5] Under Windows, it supports copy-paste and real time audio feed as well, but lacks an option to disable sharing and transmission of the audio stream.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ "Chrome Remote Desktop". Google Operating System (Unofficial Google Blog).
- ^ a b "Chrome Remote Desktop". Chrome Web Store.
- ^ http://mashable.com/2014/04/17/google-remote-desktop-android/
- ^ "Introducing Chrome Remote Desktop for Linux (Beta)!". 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ^ "Next step in the Chrome OS journey". Official Google Blog.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "Controlling your computer from afar". Google Chrome Blog.
- ^ "Chrome-Remote-Desktop-Use-Guide".