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Vysor: Control Android from Chrome! (Beta)

2015-09-08
hey what's going on guys a Marklin Sangin from TechnoBuffalo and on today's video we'll be showing you how you can control and marry your Android smartphone on your computer without the need to root your device the developer behind all casts and raw manager just release a Chrome extension that allows you to marry your Android devices screen to your computer whether you're using Windows Mac or Linux as long as you're able to run chrome you'll be able to see and control your Android device on your computer the first thing you need to do is make sure you have Google Chrome installed this method relies heavily on Chrome in its extensions so we need to use that as our primary browser next up we need to download an extension called visor now this will allow us to use and see our Android devices screen on our computer in order to mirror your device properly make sure that you've installed Android debug bridge or ADB for short on your computer ADB will allow your computer to send commands to your device and it's essentially a way for your computer and your Android smartphone to talk to each other if you want to know how you can install ADB we'll leave a link down in the description below where you can find all the necessary files once ADB is all set up we'll need to enable USB debugging on our Android device and to do that we need to head on over to settings about device tap the build number five times and once it shows you that you're now a developer head inside developer options and enable USB debugging once that's done plug in your Android device and launch visor it should automatically connect to your device but in case it doesn't just click on the find devices button and your phone should be listed as a device inside the app once you're connected you'll see a live video feed of your screen and while the quality is integrated it's still pretty cool to see your actual device's home screen on your computer so why does an app like visor exist and why should you use it one it's a simple app that allows you to display your phone's home screen on your computer without the need to root too if you're an Android developer and want to be able to use your device as some sort of emulator by is just a neat app that'll allow you to do that last but not least probably the coolest feature that will be available soon is the ability to screen share your device to others meaning you'll be able to access devices remotely if you have the proper visor link this could be great to how family members or friends to troubleshoot their phones so mom if you're watching this we need to download this is it right now a visor is still in beta so not everything is fully operational the video quality should get better over time and the ability to share your screen with others will be available soon too is available right now for free but the developer said in a Google+ post that visor is going to be a paid app with different tiers and different features if you want to give visor a try we'll leave a link in the description below and if you guys enjoy this video make sure to give it a thumbs up and we will see you guys in the next one
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