How to Remotely Control Your Computer Using Any Device (access your desktop from anywhere)
Remotely control your computer with any laptop, tablet or phone using Google Chrome Remote Desktop.
I’m an architecture student. I recently started an internship, which is great. But before I started, they asked if I could bring in my laptop to work on.
This would be fine if I had a good laptop with all the software I need, and that can actually run all that software, but I don’t. That’s what my home desktop is for.
I have a really powerful desktop at home but my laptop, is, well, a piece of shit. I can take notes off of it and that’s about it.
I wanted to use my desktop, but without carrying it with me on the back of my bike to work each day.
As a solution, I’ve been remotely connecting to my desktop from the office using my shitty old laptop that can’t even handle opening a new document in photoshop.
How? Using google chrome’s remote desktop app.
The process is incredibly simple to set up and use. It’s free and is an absolute game changer.
The way it works is that you use your laptop, tablet or phone as a monitor to control your desktop at home. Your secondary device (laptop, tablet or phone) acts as a remote control that controls your desktop at home. It takes advantage of your desktop’s hardware without having to physically have a desktop with you.
There’s now no need to upgrade to a fancy, high-spec laptop. All you need is a second hand $150 laptop like the one I have that can remotely connect to your computer at home. I do this for work, my internships and when at campus for university.
There’s no more working across different drives on different computers, getting home and having to copy all my new files over. There’s no need for cloud storage. I just remotely connect to my computer at home and work from those drives.
How about lag?
The connection is based off your Wi-Fi connection. If you have a slow or broken internet connection, you will experience some delay in your remote connection to your desktop. However, if you have both your desktop and laptop connected to a stable Wi-Fi, you won’t experience any lag whatsoever.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to remotely control your computer with any device for free using Google Chrome Remote Desktop.
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Thanks! I'm 54 years old and I love technology! What's better is young smart people like you show me how to maximize it! You saved me at least 1400 bucks. I was getting ready to buy a new laptop! Thanks again!
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Thanks a lot for the nice comment. All the best Platt
this is the kind of tutorial we need on youtube, not those kids that last 20 minutes to just make the tutorial in 20 seconds
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks mate
Dude this is so cool. I was trying to figure out a way to use my golf simulator in the garage without having to get a laptop or something else and this is SOOOO clutch. Thank you so much.
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Haha that's awesome! Glad you found it useful. Cheers mate
This is an idea I randomly had and you made me realize how powerful it can be, thank you.
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video
once in a while you'll find actual gold content on youtube and this is 100% one of them
Brilliant! I am getting my new Desktop today for architecture and am so pleased I found this video!
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks heaps
This is brilliant! Thanks for sharing these amazing tips, I actually may find this extremely useful in the future!
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Thanks for watching :)
Dude u have no idea how much u helped me with this i help out a friend of mine with recording his streams and since i changed jobs that was gonna be hard for me to do but now all i gotta do is open my phone start the recording then end when i need to and i can do it with my phone i appreciate u alot saved me some troubles
thank youuuuu x10000!!!! I work in an architecture firm and sometimes I work while I’m at school an needed a connection to my work computer, this easily solved my problem ☺️
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome! I know that struggle!
Super helpful! Doing rather lengthy 3D renders and it’d be nice to check on them from work to make sure there’s no errors and my 20 hour render doesn’t turn into a 40 hour render.
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Great use for it! All the best
@Strutz3E
Жыл бұрын
3 guarantees in life: Death, Taxes and insane render times
@sprankthetank
11 ай бұрын
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@Strutz3E
11 ай бұрын
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You have enabled me to increase my production, ten fold. Thank you .
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad to hear
First click on searching this topic was your video. I was looking for options but I didn't realize Google had an app. From what I'm reading you can also use a Chromebook. Thanks for posting this!
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching
@jdub8305
2 жыл бұрын
What about a phone?
The video is so relatable and helpful...i could totally feel you with that laptop but million thanks for the advice!!
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome! Thanks for the feedback
This is super OP. I just downloaded this on both of my computers after watching this, and I’m already loving it. Thanks for sharing the review. 😁😆
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
So glad to hear you like it! Cheers and enjoy
@MasterJim2020
Жыл бұрын
@@kylesinko Cheers, man. PS Hello from America.
The Peter Mackinon of technology. LIFE SAVER!!! Subscribed.
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
What an honour! Thanks a lot Oliver. Cheers :D
Thank you I was really torn between buying a whole new super expensive laptop when I have a built pc at home. Found this video right on time too. Thank you
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching Will
@fredito60
3 жыл бұрын
@@kylesinko subbed
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
@@fredito60 You're the best
@Spikzzz
2 жыл бұрын
Can you get banned on games like Minecraft, rocket League, and fortnite if you do this?
@Reverae
2 жыл бұрын
@@Spikzzz Why would you even play those competitive games? The ping and input lag would be immense, it wouldn't be enjoyable
I'm gonna try this amazing sh*t now. You are so amazing, bruh. I've been struggling to find one like this because my other device doesn't have a MiraCast support. I just subbed!
@1hitkill973
Жыл бұрын
I can feel an unlimited surge of power because this works! No crazy complicated setups. Thanks, bruh. Keep rocking!
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Haha that's awesome man! Glad you enjoyed the vid. Cheers keep on being awesome
DUDE! You just saved me from going overbudget on laptop! subscribing!
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear, thanks man!
This is also handy for live concert mixing, I can have my laptop in the crowd and listen to what the crowd hears, while my desktop with all it's ADAT racks and Cubase with all my low-latency pluggins is mixing the band - no long fiber optic cables, no 100 foot XLR runs. Just a laptop in the crowd.
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Perfect!
Bro thank you soooo much,,, love how simple and awesome this is!
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! I'm glad you like it. Thanks for watching :)
Holy I may not be using this to increase productivity but this is incredible.
Nice. Took me weeks of searching to find this. I have a beefy PC and home but a crappy surface laptop.
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Glad I was able to help. Best wishes :)
As someone in the navy who has been 2,000 miles from home for the last 5 months, I wish I found out about this sooner!
This is awesome, thank you. I needed to control a till system at my work its windows. Since it is a small screen I can do this at home now, super easy. Team viewer is normally the way to go but is great.
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
So glad to hear Josh. Sounds like a unique use you have for it. Cheers
i just got a new laptop and this is a lifesaver thank you 🙏
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Really glad to hear, thanks!
Thank you so much man. You are a lifesaver. Keep up the great work!
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
You are most welcome! All the best
@Spikzzz
2 жыл бұрын
Can you get banned on games like Minecraft, rocket League, and fortnite if you do this?
@bandcspapa5732
2 жыл бұрын
@@Spikzzz I don’t see why you would. If anything it is a disadvantage because of higher ping.
dude this is going to help a lot thank you for sharing ❤
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching
"This laptop is shit" *Turns on laptop and it cometley glitches out 😂
This was really awesome. I love my current computer setup but it's in the living room. I want to setup tv's in other parts of the house but I don't want to get more computers to power and control them. Example; laying in bed watching tv or casually surfing the net, I can use my phone to toggle through netflix or hulu, etc, with out reaching for a keyboard and mouse.
this is an absolute game changer
Awesome, thanks man! I built my own rig with components housed in a Corsair 1000D tower and a slightly older RTX 3090 GPU, and full SSD or NVME (none of those garbage HDD that should be relegated to the 1980s). My laptop isn't "bad" and handles gaming well (obviously not anywhere close to my desktop)! Great to know that I can use my laptop for high-end gaming without lag (I put together my home network so am real good with WiFi)
Absolutely great stuff, I'm very greatful for this tip.. BLESSING TO YOU.
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome. Thanks for watching
i am fairly impressed, a good use case may be to run intensive tasks that require a lot of proccessing power on the remote desktop while running the lighter office tasks on the latop and having a secondary external portable monitor
I forgot this existed. Thanks for the reminder, great tutorial. One tip: maybe make the pc/desktop wake-on-lan. So it doesn't have to be on all day.
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
That's a great idea. Cheers
Dude, AWESOME video. Thank you !
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, cheers
Thanks man, you've got a subscriber.
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! Cheers
Gonna try this so I can watch all my spectrum channels when I’m traveling for work! Since I’m not on my home network it limits the channels I watch so I’m hoping this is a work around that! I will update this when I get home and try 🙌🏻
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Smart! Have fun :)
Mate this is too easy, thanks for that.
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you like it, cheers
Thanks man ..... really helpful for people on the move.
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Glad you find it useful, cheers
Great video with an honest and transparent appeal
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching and commenting
@AW-Services
2 жыл бұрын
@@kylesinko No thank you. Sharing a very useful piece of information which has helped me massively with a project. I admire your presentation and honest nature
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
@@AW-Services Oh I'm so glad! Well I really appreciate the feedback. Cheers!
You have just saved my life. Thank you
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Haha so glad to hear, thanks!
THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG I NEEDED THIS
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Glad you find it useful! Cheers
Great vid.. Funny as hell how the lap top flickers.. But very helpful.
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it
Love you brother. Its really work. Lots of love ❤❤❤
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it, cheers :)
This is pure gold
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
Thank you soo much man, it was really really helpful!!!!
Very informative, Thanks!!
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear, cheers!
I actually randomly thought of this; having a main, hefty setup at home while using a regular laptop like a "portal" to that. Glad to see it actually works.
Great and very simple way. Gonna try it stratight away! Been looking around and struggling with other methods wich wasn't that simple and haven't worked that well yet.So thank you!❤
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Did it work for you?
@cheamundmd6508
Жыл бұрын
@@kylesinko @Spinoza But I doesn’t have sound on the 2nd device… is there a possible workaround? Thanks
I'm moving to Japan next week, my laptop is actually better than my desktop, but it's nice to be able to access my files on the many drives in my pc while i'm away! :)
Thank you so much this is so helpful !
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
hello typing this comment from my laptop using my PC thanks really works great
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Thanks
Thank you so much, this works so much better than windows remote desktop! i was doing on thin client machines, but doesnt really seem to be an good options. thinking of buying a cheap refurb laptop to remote into my pc. cheers!
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, all the best!
Thanks! I'll use this to conect to my home pc to help out my parents when im away for college
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
I'm starting my second year with all virtual classes, in the end of last year I bought my desktop, before I was using a 14 years old dell, core duo, 2gb of RAM and no graphics... you can imagine the struggle... in a hope of some day getting back to uni in person this tip will completely save my life, although I may as well try it with my phone that is much more powerful than that old laptop in my drawer
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
I know the struggle dude! Glad you got something useful out the video
ahhhhh this is amazing, I was looking into buying a new laptop because mine is so shitty and old. Life saver!
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped, thanks for watching!
Thank you for your help on this. This was very easy for me to set it up.
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
thanks its working cuz im currently watching through my phone onto my computer
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad to hear
Thank you so much that was super helpful
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! Thanks
This is dummy proof tutorial for sure. Anyone with basic knowledge can understand. Definitely saved me from hassle of paying for such services to access my computer remotely
woah technically i can play games on a chromebook in a hotel far from home? okay actually that's really really cool
Thank you! Very helpful
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks
Thanks!! simple instructions you explained that perfectly! Just setup Chrome remote on my 14pro ios
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Awesome Sammy! Cheers
I am so surprised for this features....thanks buddy
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful! Thanks Ashok
EXCELLENT!!! Thanks very much. :)
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Thanks a lot
I used this to play games on steam from my phone thanks for the useful hack bro I’m thinking of playing Skyrim or fallout of my phone too
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! I wish I knew about this back in high school when I played video games.
@devendravyas776
2 жыл бұрын
But how do u play with ur phone on touchscreen for games meant to be played on desktop with keyboards and mouse? Do u use connect keyboard and mouse to ur phone while playing?
Would it not be a security concern? For example I have an always on desktop for home automation and media server. Would this not leave it vulnerable seeing it's over internet? Or would this also work over local network?
Me casually watching a recording of your remoted desktop from my remoted desktop. Remoteceptional
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Epic.
thank you so much 😁😁😁 it helped me
This is amazing love it
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it :)
First successful archi fan right here
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks brother!
WOAH THIS IS AMAZING!! What is if you want to plug in a usb? Would it work if you plug it into the laptop? Or would you have to go home and plug it into the pc directly?
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You would have to plug it into the device you want the files on, you can't copy between them. I would often just use Google drive though as the middle man. Plug the USB into the laptop, drop it into Drive and then open it on my PC through my laptop.
Thank you for sharing!
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
Thank you a lot for telling me this now I can use my gaming computer at school lol
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Haha that’s awesome! Glad you liked the video
HEADS UP PEOPLE!!!! Here is the question for the content creator of this channel; Can the controller of the computer listen using the target pc’s microphone in on the controlled pc from another location?
Thanks for the video Kyle. Maybe pick up a used laptop some where to end your frustration. Also try speeding it up a bit so the video isn't so long.
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Albert
quick and simple tutorial thanks, damn this shit is wild 🤣
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Cheers mate! It's pretty crazy :P
Very helpful thank you
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers :)
Really cool!! Thanks a Ton ! And what if we want to wake up the laptop from sleep too...x) then do the rest of work remotely
@kylesinko
7 ай бұрын
You'll need to look into Wake on LAN or buying a physical device such as a Switch Bot
Awsome thanks !. This is very usefull
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that! Cheers
I simply wanted to turn on my PC by remote control at home as I did not want to get up out of my chair with my yellow lab sitting on my lap. I also did not want to use a phone or app to turn it on and off so here is how I did it. I added a remote control to my Minisforum mini pc by adding a "remote control power strip". Set the Bios (hit delete button during boot up), change the setting to enable pc to start after power outage. Then simply turn the pc off normally but after pc shuts down power off the power strip. When you turn power strip back on PC boots up automatically. Simple, cheap and effective! Hope this helps everyone.
@TerryThayer
4 ай бұрын
Good idea my concern is if someone stole the computer and turned it on there's no password to get in?
Thanks mate 🔥
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Thank you for this video so I play this game and someone was asking for my computer name and i had a bad feeling about it. Fortunately I was smart enough to not give it to them after doing a bit of research.
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
You’re so welcome. Nice work 🤘🏼
Works great thank you
@kylesinko
3 жыл бұрын
I’m glad! Thanks for watching
Very helpful I wasted an hour trying to connect win 10 desktop to win 11 laptop
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear this helped. Cheers
Great stuff. I wish it was possible to remotely wake my main PC from the laptop connection, though.
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
So do I! It would be so handy. There are other ways to do it however - see "Wake on LAN" or "SwitchBot"
Thank you sooooooo much!!
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Thank you so much.
wow , thanks ! , if this works for me ill be super stoked , as i was about to shell out $$ for 2 windows upgrades to pro for this purpose !!!
@panfon5650
Жыл бұрын
it works ! vp9 codec best for me , i have shortcut to switch between relative mouse position, because some software need this.....
Amazing video, quick question can you setup the connection if both computers are using different internet connections?
amazing one dude tnx for tip
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks
Thank you very much sir
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome, thanks
AUGUST BURNS RED! Good taste of music ;) :)
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
My man! Props to you for spotting that. They've been my spotify top band for 3rd year in a row now haha
Hi Kyle, do you know what the performance/ latency will be between different countries like between South Africa and Australia or USA? Thanks for the interesting video.
@halfeatensandwich4482
9 ай бұрын
scammer in the works 😂😂😂😂
really cool
@kylesinko
Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate
this might be the tipping point where i finally build my new gaming PC. I need power and portability but hate spending soo much on a laptop for ultimately a worse power-to-price ratio.
Big brother always running yo shit
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Fkin awesome thx bro I can use the pc at school now
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Sweet as! Cheers mate
This is so cool
@kylesinko
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so! Thanks