Chrome Remote Desktop

Chrome Remote Desktop
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseOctober 8, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-10-08)[1]
Stable release
120.0.6099.8 / November 28, 2023; 10 months ago (2023-11-28)
Operating systemChromeOS, Linux (beta), macOS, iOS, Windows, Android
TypeRemote desktop software
LicenseProprietary
Websiteremotedesktop.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.[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 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[4]).

  1. ^ "Chrome Remote Desktop". Google Operating System (Unofficial Google Blog). 8 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Chromoting Build Instructions - Chromium - googlesource.com".
  3. ^ "Google Chromoting - Remote Desktop Management - miniOrange". miniorange.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.[dead link]
  4. ^ Deland-Han. "Understanding Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) - Windows Server". docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.