Sometimes, Windows and ChromeOS feel like two different worlds, especially if you want to collaborate. There’s no reason why sharing your Chromebook screen with a Windows PC should be a sticking point, or for that matter, the limitations of ChromeOS. Discover surprising ways to connect and collaborate when operating systems otherwise clash.
Use Google Meet
Avoid long periods of installations and downloads. Direct and to the point, Google Meet allows instant screen sharing so that collaboration is seamless. The best answer to any teamwork-life on-the-go.
Visit Google Meet’s official website and click on theNew Meetingbutton.
Ready to connect instantly? Just dive into the dropdown and select “Start an instant meeting.” Or, if you’re a planner, schedule your perfect meeting time directly through Google Calendar.
On your mark, get set: meeting link in hand or maybe gasping for it? Share it with your peers, and when everyone is finally in, “Present now” stands ready for you to click: there too, beside the raised-hand icon. Come on!
To share your entire screen, select theEntire Screentab from the pop-up menu, chooseBuilt-in display, and clickShare.
Think before you share! Opening your entire screen is like laying your digital diary out before the world. Protect your privacy; share windows, not your whole screen! Those secrets must remain safe!
Ready to spotlight a single Google Meet app? When everything is ready, hit “Present now” and then “Window.” A list of your open windows appears; select your star window and click “Share.” Now, you are free to roam outside the browser! Google Meet will keep the spotlight on that window so that the audience gets an uncluttered view.
To end the screen-sharing session, click on thePresent Nowbutton again, and chooseStop Presenting.
Use Chrome Remote Desktop
Imagine bending all of those computing operations into your pocket! Chrome Remote Desktop provides an almost perfect simulation of this. This clever Googler trick allowed you to take control of another computer really from afar across the web. The icing on the cake? When the two machines sit on the same network, well, it is as if you are there because you hardly perceive any lag at all during the control session.
Need to show your remote buddy a snippet of your Chromebook screen on Windows? EZ! Just go to Chromebook’s Chrome Remote Desktop and hit “Share My Screen.” Pow, pow! Chrome Remote Desktop comes up with the Remote Support page ready for your connection.
Note: This is written from the perspective of someone giving instructions to two people looking at a screen at the same time. One acts in a complementary role to the text here.
Open theRemote Supportmenu from the left Options panel, and click theGenerate Codebutton.
Catch that code real quick! Windows needs it for your desktop unlocking to be seen. Yeah, it will go away in a matter of five minutes but this time is more than plenty for your connection.
Chance are you are now willing to enable remote access. Chrome Remote Desktop must first have the approval of the user! Clicking on the “Accept & Install” button will initiate the installation and connection process.
Once installed, enter the name of your computer, and clickNext.
Ready to share your screen through Chrome Remote Desktop? You must agree on the secret key first: A PIN of at least six digits. Guard this pin at all costs! It will work as a magic key later to obtain screen-sharing access. So, choose one number that you can carry in memory; if not, you’ll go nowhere.
Once you complete the setup, enter theAccess codefrom earlier, and clickConnect.
Streaming from ForestWander on video? Do you get a popup? ClickShare, and boom, you’re viewing your Chromebook screen on Windows.
When you are finished, clickStop Sharing.
Before showing the screen, remember: your secrets might be showing. Contacts, private chats, that meme you shared last night everything could be potentially visible. Don’t let your personal information go public. Hide what you need to keep private.
Image credit: Unsplash. All screenshots by Jay Kakade.
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