Chrome Remote Desktop alternative · remote desktop software
Chrome Remote Desktop, from Google, lets you reach your own computers or give one-time remote support from a browser, and Google lists no price for it. Angel Remote Desktop Access works from a link or QR code that opens in any browser — including a phone’s, where Google’s help page points mobile users to its app — with sound and chat, and Angel stays hidden from your own screen shares. Angel charges 5 credits a minute; for reaching your own computers unattended, Chrome Remote Desktop is the better fit.
Facts about Chrome Remote Desktop come from its own website, 8 November 2026. Sources are listed at the end.
| Remote Desktop Access | Chrome Remote Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Remote Desktop Access5 credits per minute while connected | Chrome Remote DesktopGoogle lists no price |
| Viewer on a computer | Remote Desktop AccessAny browser | Chrome Remote DesktopA browser at remotedesktop.google.com |
| Viewer on a phone | Remote Desktop AccessThe phone’s browser — nothing to install | Chrome Remote DesktopGoogle’s help page says to download the Chrome Remote Desktop app |
| One-off support | Remote Desktop AccessLink or QR code; you approve each person | Chrome Remote DesktopOne-time access code; the host confirms every 30 minutes |
| Sound and chat | Remote Desktop AccessYes | Chrome Remote DesktopNot mentioned on Google’s help page |
| Unattended access to your own PCs | Remote Desktop AccessNo | Chrome Remote DesktopYes, with a PIN |
Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop help page (checked on 8 November 2026) describes access from the web at remotedesktop.google.com, one-time support codes, and the Chrome Remote Desktop app for mobile devices. The product page lists no price.
Remote Desktop Access: 5 credits a minute while someone is connected — you pay only for the minutes used. Included with Pro, Ultimate and Magic. Free accounts can try it.
With Angel Remote Desktop Access, yes: they open your link in the phone’s browser and use the screen like a trackpad, with nothing to install.
Sources, checked on 8 November 2026
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