# Chrome Remote Desktop > Google's free remote access to your own computers from a browser Chrome Remote Desktop is Google's free remote access tool, run from a website in Chrome with a small host app on each Windows, Mac or Linux computer and apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. It is mainly for reaching your own computers from anywhere with a PIN, though it also has a one-time code for helping someone else with their computer. - **Category:** Remote Desktop - **Made by:** Google - **Website:** https://remotedesktop.google.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026 ## Pricing Chrome Remote Desktop is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Everything is free: remote access to your own computers and one-time support sessions. Google lists no paid plans and the Android app has no in-app purchases. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Remote access to your own Windows, Mac and Linux computers and one-time remote support sessions. No paid tier exists. | Read from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.chromeremotedesktop&hl=en_US&gl=US on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Chrome Remote Desktop before buying. ## Key features - **Access your own computers:** Set up remote access once on each computer, then pick it from a list at remotedesktop.google.com/access and enter its PIN to connect. - **One-time support codes:** Someone who needs help generates a code and sends it to you; when you enter it they see your email address and choose whether to share. - **Phone and tablet apps:** Apps for Android, iPhone and iPad connect to your online computers; on a computer everything runs in the Chrome browser. - **Linux virtual sessions:** On Linux the host can start its own desktop session, and you can choose which desktop environment it launches. - **Admin controls:** Administrators of managed Google accounts can control whether and how people in their organization use Chrome Remote Desktop. ## Good for - Reaching a home or work computer from a phone, tablet or another computer at no cost - Occasionally helping a friend or relative with their computer - Chromebook users who need to reach a Windows, Mac or Linux machine ## Worth knowing - Google sells no paid or business version; help comes from its help pages and the Chrome Help Forum rather than a support team. - When you share your computer, you have to confirm every 30 minutes that sharing should continue, and each support code works only once. - Only Windows, Mac and Linux computers can be set up for access; the phone and tablet apps connect to computers but cannot be reached themselves. - On a work or school account an administrator may block or limit it. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Chrome Remote Desktop is Google's free way to reach your own computers from a browser or phone. Set it up once on each machine, pick it from a list, type a PIN, done. It's bare-bones, though: there's no paid version, no support team, and sharing your screen with someone needs re-confirming every 30 minutes. - **Value for money: A.** $0, with nothing to upgrade to: Google lists no paid plans, and reaching your own computers and one-time support sessions are both free. Of its rivals doing the same job, TeamViewer and AnyDesk are free for personal use only, and Splashtop's free app stays on your home Wi-Fi. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright. Everything it does costs nothing, with no limit on computers in the listing, and there's no paid tier to push you towards. - **Features: C.** It covers reaching your own Windows, Mac and Linux computers and helping someone with a one-time code. The gaps it lists itself: sharing must be confirmed every 30 minutes, each code works once, phones can't be reached, and there's no team or business version. - **Ease of use: B.** No App Store rating on record. It runs on the Google account you already have: set up access once on each computer, then pick it from a list and enter its PIN. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and a Chrome extension, so it's on everything. But there are no integrations or API on record, which keeps it at B. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Google's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among remote desktop apps - Chrome Remote Desktop's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 14 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 14 of 15) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Chrome Remote Desktop has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/remote-access ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Chrome Remote Desktop is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 14 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade. - You could not: A fast, secure link to another computer through any network. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Remote desktop, Real-time collaboration ## Alternatives - [RustDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rustdesk): Open-source remote desktop you can run on your own server. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chrome-remote-desktop-vs-rustdesk) - [AnyDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/anydesk): Remote desktop app, free for personal use, licensed for business. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anydesk-vs-chrome-remote-desktop) - [TeamViewer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamviewer): Remote access and IT support, free for personal use only. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chrome-remote-desktop-vs-teamviewer) - [Splashtop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/splashtop): Remote access to your own computers, plus separate IT support plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chrome-remote-desktop-vs-splashtop) - [Jump Desktop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jump-desktop): Remote desktop with one-time app licences and a per-user team plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chrome-remote-desktop-vs-jump-desktop) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026: - https://remotedesktop.google.com/ - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1649523?hl=en - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.chromeremotedesktop&hl=en_US&gl=US - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chrome-remote-desktop/inomeogfingihgjfjlpeplalcfajhgai Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/chrome-remote-desktop Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).