Chrome Remote Desktop

{{Infobox software

| name = Chrome Remote Desktop

| logo = Chrome Remote Desktop logo.png

| screenshot =

| caption =

| developer = Google

| released = {{Start date and age|2011|10|08}}{{cite web |title=Chrome Remote Desktop |work=Google Operating System (Unofficial Google Blog) |date=8 October 2011 |url=http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-remote-desktop.html}}

| latest release version = 120.0.6099.8

| latest release date = {{start date and age|2023|11|28}}

| operating system = ChromeOS, Linux (beta), macOS, iOS, Windows, Android

| genre = Remote desktop software

| license = Proprietary

| website = {{URL|https://remotedesktop.google.com/}}

}}

Chrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop software tool, developed by Google, that allows a user to remotely control another computer's desktop through a proprietary protocol also developed by Google, internally called Chromoting.{{Cite web|title=Chromoting Build Instructions - Chromium - googlesource.com|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/82.0.4058.2/docs/old_chromoting_build_instructions.md}}{{Cite web |title=Google Chromoting - Remote Desktop Management - miniOrange |url=https://www.miniorange.in/google-chromoting-remote-desktop-management |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=miniorange.com |language=en}} 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 a computer network. This feature, therefore, consists of a server component for the host computer, and a client component on the computer accessing the remote server. Chrome Remote Desktop uses a unique protocol, as opposed to using the common Remote Desktop Protocol (developed by Microsoft{{Cite web|last=Deland-Han|title=Understanding Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) - Windows Server|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/remote/understanding-remote-desktop-protocol|access-date=2022-02-02|website=docs.microsoft.com|language=en-us}}).

Software

The Chrome Remote Desktop client was originally a Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store requiring Google Chrome; the extension is deprecated, and a web portal is available at [https://remotedesktop.google.com remotedesktop.google.com]. The browser must support WebRTC and other unspecified "modern web platform features".

{{cite web

| website= google.com

| url= https://remotedesktop.google.com/unsupported-browser/?target=/access

| title = Chrome Remote Desktop needs the latest web features for the best experience

| accessdate = August 22, 2019

}}

The client software is also available on Android{{Cite web|title=Chrome Remote Desktop - Apps on Google Play|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.chromeremotedesktop&hl=en_US&gl=US|access-date=2022-02-02|website=play.google.com|language=en}} and iOS.{{Cite web|title=Chrome Remote Desktop|url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chrome-remote-desktop/id944025852|access-date=2022-02-02|website=App Store|language=en-US}}

If the computer hosts remote access, such as for remote support and system administration,{{Cite journal|last=Border|first=Charles|date=2007-03-07|title=The development and deployment of a multi-user, remote access virtualization system for networking, security, and system administration classes|url=https://doi.org/10.1145/1227504.1227501|journal=ACM SIGCSE Bulletin|volume=39|issue=1|pages=576–580|doi=10.1145/1227504.1227501|issn=0097-8418}} a server package is downloaded.{{Cite web|title=Remote Access|url=https://remotedesktop.google.com/unsupported-browser/?target=/access|access-date=2022-02-02|website=remotedesktop.google.com}} A Chromium-based browser that supports Chromium extensions such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge must be used. This is available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS.

{{cite web

| website= google.com

| url= https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1649523

| title = Access another computer with Chrome Remote Desktop - Computer - Google Chrome Help

| accessdate = August 22, 2019

}}

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.

{{cite web

| title= Chrome Remote Desktop

| work= Chrome Web Store

| url= https://chrome.google.com/remotedesktop

}}

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 via PIN 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|date=May 2023}}

Under Windows, it supports copying and pasting across the two devices and real-time audio feed as well but lacks the option to disable sharing and transmission of the audio stream.

{{cite web

| title= Controlling your computer from afar

| work= Google Chrome Blog

| url= http://chrome.blogspot.hu/2012/10/controlling-your-computer-from-afar.html

}}