Tip: if you control your Android device from a PC or Mac – Android Planet

Vysor makes it possible to control your Android smartphone from your PC. In this tip, we show how to set up these new Chrome extension and used.

Control your smartphone Vysor

It was already possible to control your Android device from your PC, but the Chrome extension Vysor makes it very easy. Vysor was created by renowned developer Koushik Dutta and has recently become available. When you pair the extension with an Android smartphone, the device’s screen is displayed on your PC

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This is useful, because if you complete control over your Android have without having to touch the smartphone. In the steps below, we explain how Vysor works. Make sure that you are using Google Chrome on your PC or Mac.

1. Download and install the Vysor Chrome app via this link
2. Enable USB debugging by activating the developer options on your Android device. Open this, first the Settings app;
3. then tap the bottom of the ‘About device’ (or ‘About Phone) and press eight times on’ Build Number ‘to activate the developer options;
4. Connect your smartphone with a USB cable to your computer and start the Vysor app;
5. The application now automatically detects your device and then displays the screen

When you connect your Android to your PC, it is important to allow the USB debugging on your smartphone. You do this simply by pressing the ‘OK’ button. Press ‘Always allow from this computer’, then Vysor will now start automatically.





Not perfect

Because Vysor currently in beta is available, the app is still far off . For example, the application falters regularly and is’ ie for example not suitable for games. Games like Angry Birds 2 and Fallout Shelter are being started up, but look grainy and by the low framerate barely playable. To this may still change, because Vysor the future is greatly improved.