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Work on a project called ZScreen began in 2007, hosted on SourceForge [1] and moved to Google Code in 2008. [7] In 2010, a parallel project called ZUploader was started to rewrite ZScreen's core from scratch. [8] In 2012, all of ZScreen's features had been ported to ZUploader which was subsequently repackaged and released as ShareX. [9]
scrcpy (short for "screen copy") is a free and open-source screen mirroring application that allows control of an Android device from a desktop computer. [2] The software is developed by Genymobile SAS, a company which develops Android emulator Genymotion. [3] The application primarily uses the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) via a USB connection to ...
Chrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop software tool, developed by Google, that allows a user to remotely control another computer's desktop through a proprietary protocol also developed by Google, internally called Chromoting.
During CES 2022, Google announced Nearby Share for Windows. [8] On March 31, 2023, the beta version of the Nearby Share App was released for Windows PCs allowing cross-platform file transfers. [9] [10] In January 2024, Google and Samsung announced that Nearby Share and Quick Share would merge into one unified app, under the name Quick Share. [11]
Phone Link can also be used to mirror the screen of an Android device; however this feature is currently only available on select devices with the Link to Windows service pre-installed. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The app also has a cross-device copy and paste feature allowing users to send copied text and images between devices using the same copy and paste ...
[31] [32] [33] In the GNOME ecosystem, the GNOME Network Displays application has allowed for Miracast screen sharing. As part of the 2023 Google Summer of Code, an effort to integrate this as a feature in the GNOME Settings was announced, which would mean functionality would be had out of the box with that desktop environment. [34]
In 2021, computer scientist and lawyer Jonathan Mayer stated that Chrome has increasingly become an agent for Google LLC than a user agent, as it is "the only major web browser that lacks meaningful privacy protections by default, shoves users toward linking activity with a Google Account, and implements invasive new advertising capabilities."
Remote desktop sharing is accomplished through a common client/server model. The client, or VNC viewer, is installed on a local computer and then connects via a network to a server component, which is installed on the remote computer. In a typical VNC session, all keystrokes and mouse clicks are registered as if the client were actually ...