How to use Chrome Remote Desktop

dbw

https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/8546/unable-to-use-chrome-remote-desktop
This is the link to the last topic about Chrome Remote Desktop. Last update was 3y ago.

Today:
I would like to use Chrome Remote Desktop on Vivaldi, but it still does not work. I think this is an authentication problem (that's why I'm posting in All platforms), because the extension prompts me to give "extended authorization", but when I click OK nothing happens.

I copied this link: vivaldi://chrome-signin/?access_point=6&reason=0 , from the topic above, in order to see if I can bypass the problem, but after I type the password and press Next nothing happens.

Is Chrome Remote Desktop support a thing, or should I forget it?

Ayespy

@dbw Hard to say if it could be built in to Vivaldi or not. To use some of these Chrome services, you have to enable APIs that harvest your data. Vivaldi won't do that...

dbw

@Ayespy I'm a bit confused since I don't understand how it works:

This post is the only official reference to CRD on Chromium I was able to find. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this means that CRD support is baked into Chromium, which Vivaldi is based on. How does APIs interfere with this?
When you say that "Vivaldi won't do that" [harvest your data], you mean that devs would not give the users the option to let Google harvest data in excange for services (like using Gmail)?

@Gwen-Dragon assuming that CRD support is baked into Chromium (again, correct me if I'm mistaken), does it mean that Google provides a license key to the Chromium team, but does not to the Vivaldi team?

greybeard

This seems to be an app designed for Android... from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.chromeremotedesktop

"Securely access your computers from your Android device."

Can it be used on Vivaldi? or any other Win/Linux/Apple desktop (chrome/chromium) browser?

JanineC

I am frustrated as well to not be able to use Chrome Remote or find an equivalent for V. I have to use it a lot for my elderly mother who lives in another state... and is technically challenged. In order for Chrome Remote to work you have to have Chrome browser because it expects you to be logged in to google to use it. The Android version is dependent on the Chrome Remote Desktop version to work. The only work around is using Windows Remote Assistance and inviting someone or you get an invitation to work on their computer. Sending a file attachment, using a pass code, a couple of yes's/ok's later and your in...very big pain. Anyone have something better?

Ayespy

@JanineC why not use TeamViewer? It's free and doesn't try to run in a browser. Personally, I think running a remote desktop in a browser is kind of a terrible idea.

dbw

I followed @Gwen-Dragon's suggestion, and wrote to Vivaldi support. Here's the answer:

[Chrome Remote Destop] Is a Chrome specific app, so no, Vivaldi will not support Chrome Remote Desktop, because it requires a Google login, which we do not support.
But according to a dev, Chromium should be able to add some code for this app to work on Chromium and browsers based on it. So who knows, maybe one day in the future you can use this app also in Vivaldi.
Date: 2019-01-22

@JanineC I was about to suggest the same thing. You may try also RealVNC, I used it. It's powerful, but maybe more cumbersome than TeamViewer. If you have to use CRD, like I do, then there's no choice...

dbw

@greybeard tl;dr: Chrome YES. Chromium: NO. It will work IF the device you are trying to see has a browser which supports CRD. Since CRD support is NOT included in Chromium and its forks (eg: Vivaldi) you can use it only with Chrome.
Source: Your Vivaldi Support | Date: 2019-01-22

JanineC

@Ayespy said in How to use Chrome Remote Desktop:

TeamViewer

Thanks for the suggestion, sounds great, but can't seem to find anything free, looks like a monthly subscription is required.

Ayespy

@JanineC No. Simply download it and run it. It is free for private use. There are different pay plans for commercial use.

https://www.teamviewer.com/en/credentials/free-for-personal-use/

stefanlo

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greybeard

@Gwen-Dragon said in How to use Chrome Remote Desktop:

May be Vivaldi has no license key to use the Google Services API.

Or perhaps the Vivaldi Team does not want to open that can of worms (using the Google Services API).
One of the reasons I chose V is not to have Google Services looking over my shoulder all the time.

kevinpeterson123

Chrome remote desktop is a very good remote desktop tool which is used for remotely accessing computers much similar to tools like logmein, R-HUB remote support etc.

pc17mendes

Hello, guys!
It works for me on Elementary OS Hera.
I had just install chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb after installing the web app.

peterross

I don't like a remote desktop from Google, use teamviewer
it slows down sometimes, but it's a comfortable usability.

willieyrivera

@peterross Teamviewer is best but I do use Anydesk, Absolutely no issue with the software. Very lingt weight and easy to use.