Google is bringing app that lets u you access other computers over the Internet, for Android

 

Google Is Bringing Chrome Remote Desktop App To Android

An anonymous reader writes Google is building a Chrome remote desktop app, which lets you access other computers or another user access your computer over the Internet, for Android.

 

Snap shot of Chrome remote desktop

The new addition, called Chromoting, will likely be pushed as a mobile version of the existing Chrome Remote Desktop offering. 

For those who don't know, the original Chrome Remote Desktop is an extension for Google's browser. It was first released as a beta in October 2011 and could be used to control another one of your own computers as well as a friend's or family member's (usually to help with IT issues).

Developer François Beaufort pointed out an interesting snippet of text in a commit to the Chromium code base that mentions “[adding] the beginnings of a Chromoting Android app.” While this certainly sounds cool, it doesn’t do a whole lot at the moment. From the description in the repo:

Currently, this has only the following capabilities:

• Authenticate using a Google account on the phone
• Query and display the host list from the Chromoting directory server
• Connect to and communicate with the host service over XMPP/ICE
• Establish peer-to-peer channels for communicating with the host service
  Notable missing features are:
• Display the host’s desktop
• Handle any kind of input

That’s developer-speak for “right now it doesn’t do anything.” Even so, the groundwork is being put in place for what could be both very useful to certain people and just plain cool.

If you want to take a look at what this could end up being like, there is no shortage of remote desktop apps available in the Google Play Store.

There is also the Chrome Remote Desktop for (your guessed it) Google Chrome, which could give a hint as to how this “Chromoting” app could work.