Hi everyone, Kevin here. Today we're going to look at how you can connect from a PC, a phone,
or a tablet to another PC. This is perfect if you want to access one of your devices from a remote
location, or maybe you want to help a relative with a computer problem. We've all been there.
Once you connect to your device, you have full control. You can use the mouse and keyboard,
you can listen to the audio, you can even upload and download files from that device.
Best of all, this is completely free and it's a tool made by Google called Chrome Remote Desktop.
Let's check out how this works. To get started, head to the following website on the computer
that you would like to connect to. You can click on the link in the top right-hand corner or the
link down below in the description of this video. On this website, on the left-hand side, make sure
that you're in the remote access view. And right here, let's click on the blue download button.
This works on any Chromium-based browser. It'll work on Google Chrome and also Microsoft Edge.
Let's click on download. Once the file finishes downloading, simply click on it to kick off the
install. Next, we need to give the computer a name and here it simply goes with kevindesktop.
That sounds reasonable to me. I'll click on next. And here, you also need to select a pin. You'll
enter in this pin when you want to connect to this computer. Then down below, let's click on start.
And this computer is now all ready to be connected to. Here I am now on a different PC and right up
above, I'll head to that same website address that we went to earlier. Once I land on this page, here
I can see the Kevin desktop and to connect to that PC, all I have to do is simply click on it. Next,
I need to enter my pin. I'll type that in. Down below, I can check this box to remember my pin on
this device so I don't have to enter it in again in the future. Over here, I'll click on this blue
icon to connect. And check that out! I have now connected remotely to my other PC. I can move my
mouse around. Over here, I can launch files and I could even type in text using my keyboard and that
shows up on the remote computer. I have full and complete control over this computer. Over on the
right-hand side, if we click on this icon, this exposes all of the different settings. Up on top,
you can pin the settings so they stay up all the time. Over here, you can disconnect or end
your session. And over here, you could launch into full-screen mode. That way, it truly feels
immersive like you are on the other computer. Right down here, you have a few different session
options. You could scale to fit. You could also resize to fit and then you have smooth scaling.
So, a few different options that affect the way the screen looks. Down below, you can also
adjust the video codec and there are two different options. There's VP8 and also VP9. VP9 is a newer
codec that gives you better quality and also uses less bandwidth, but it is more resource intensive
on your computer. You can experiment with those to see which one works better for you. Down below,
you could also choose the frame rate. The higher you go, the more bandwidth that it will consume.
Right over here, you could also set whether you want system keys to come through. Here,
for example, you can press control, alt, delete, which launches the task manager. Do you want it
to launch on the remote PC or do you want it to launch on the PC that you're currently on?
You can configure that here. And down below, you could also adjust various key mappings.
One of my favorite features, right here, you can also transfer files between your current
PC and your remote PC. You can upload a file or send a file to your remote PC or you can download
a file from your remote PC to the PC that you're currently on. And there are a few other settings
here as well. Along with being able to connect to your devices, you can also connect to other
people's devices or you can have someone else connect to your device. Back on the Chrome remote
desktop site, over on the left-hand side, let's click on remote support, and right up on top,
if you would like someone else to connect to your PC, click on this button that says generate code,
and you can provide this code to the other person and they'll be able to connect your computer.
They will come in and right at the bottom, here you can type in that access code and then click
on connect. Before being able to connect though, the person's computer who you're connecting to
will need to approve the request. One of the great things about remote desktop is you can
also connect to a PC from a phone or a tablet, and this works with both iOS and also Android.
To install the app on your phone, search for the Chrome Remote Desktop app on either the
App Store or the Play Store. Once you finish installing the app, you'll see an interface
that looks like this. And right up on top, you should see all of your different remote devices
that you have configured. Simply click on it and that will now connect to that device. Down here,
you'll need to enter your PIN. Here too, you can also set it so your phone remembers your
PIN. I'll click on the blue icon to connect. And look at that, my phone is now connected to my PC
and here I can move around my PC by interacting with my phone. Of course, for a better experience,
I can rotate my phone into landscape mode and here I see my entire desktop on my phone
screen. In the bottom right-hand corner, I can click on this hamburger menu and this opens up
a few different settings. Right up on top, I could show the keyboard. I can change the
trackpad mode. Currently it's set to touch, but I could also set it so I can move a mouse cursor.
Right here, I can disconnect and I also have some additional settings.
When I click into this, I can resize the desktop so it fits on my mobile display and here too, we
could also adjust the mouse options. Down at the very bottom, I can also launch various shortcut
key combinations. All right, well that's how easy it is to remotely access another computer. To
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