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Depreciation of an excellent product.
This app was genuinely perfect for my needs, it was finally to a point where it was a daily driven tool. With the depreciation of this app, I am looking into alternatives for remote support. The web interface on mobile for chrome remote desktop is just a pain to use and navigate. Constant accidental refreshes when using the trackpad mode, the fullscreen is buggy, the performance has tanked, if you use remote desktop on different machines using different emails its now a jumbled mess to switch between them. I am on an iphone 15 pro max running the latest ios, I have over 900mbps up and down, the performance is just due to it being a poorly optimized web interface. Very disappointed that google sent the app to their graveyard, yet again…Show lessA mild user
NEEDS AN UPDATE PRONTO!!! So much potential!
I love the idea of remote accessing my computer from home, but i am an architect. Because my use case for such apps would be 3D modeling making (revit, sketchup, autocad) the lack of functionality is a huge hinderance. Something simple like adding scroll wheel supports would go a long way. Or even just a way to lock into a certain window during the workflow would be instrumentals. Once again love the idea of being able to log into my computer with my iPad but until it gets an updates i cant imagine using this app for more than 1-2 hours max. But like i said this is only as someone who uses 3D modeling applications.Show lessceoatwork
Don’t retire this app!
Don’t retire the app! It works great and has been enormously helpful during times of illness and other times when I had to remote control my computer from my bed! If you retire this, then I will be reduced to being unable to use my computer from the bed if I need to. Bad move, Google! I don’t want to control one computer from another! Mine are literally right next to each other and soon I will be getting rid of one, so how will switching to a web app help me? Answer: it won’t! Please leave this app as an option!!Show lessReader1718
Good enough
I would give this a 5 star if there were some improvements like..
1. Try to make it less laggy if you can
2. I don’t know if you can fix this but I want to be able to boot up my computer and not have to open chrome just to use the Remote Desktop feature.
Those are basically it but sense it says that the Remote Desktop app will just be the web app, I feel like you guys should add touch mode to that sense the app has that but the web app doesn’t.
I love the app a lot so you should keep it if you can unless you transfer all features from the app to the web version.Show lessJoelKat33
Very efficient
I can agree with many reviews about the keyboard layout, but mind you this app isn't meant to replace your desktop!
I work from home with a 3 monitor setup. This app makes it easy for me to leave my desk if I need to go somewhere with someone or run errands around the house but still take my 3 monitor setup with me virtually. If there are special keys that I need to use, I just pull up the virtual keyboard from the computer and use that temporarily.Show lessAPEXBryan
it works, and that's all it has to do for me.
i've been using this app for years for various reasons. and while i will always prefer to use my laptop directly, through various changes in laptops and phones, this app hasn't caused me any major problems as of yet. it's nice to at least be able to check in on my laptops when i'm away from it, especially during processes that'll take a long time.
in my experiences, i can only ever use it in trackpad mode, since it actually shows the mouse and allows for the usual trackpad functions, but it tracks mouse movements almost perfectly, works with multiple display fine, and has easy zooming in and out for ease of use and accessibility.
my only complaints are that audio quality is still choppy even on good connections, the UI is lackluster — perhaps even a little dated, having to constantly switch between showing and hiding the keyboard is annoying, and it doesn't take long for the session to disconnect itself if/when i briefly leave the app running in the background for any reason.Show lessjxnbzr
So far So Good
BEAUTIFUL APP!! 100 percent efficient. FAST AND EASY TO USE. It's really easy to reconnect just takes about 5-10 seconds depends on wifi connection. Been using this app for 5 minutes and i cant believe how amazing it is. This app will definitely be used 90 percent of the time while im at home due to the fact i use my pc for everything as far as tv, music, gaming, working, and school. It feels like im in the metaverse... Wow! I never knew till this day that i could control most of the things on my computer with this app from my phone... And it screen shares the whole desktop... I'm so glad i don't have to go sit at my desk just to control my pc or have to buy and use a wireless mouse and keyboard even tho i'm still going to get a wireless keyboard and mouse i think i will still use this app a lot more.. Just mind-blowing to me because i had my pc 3 years now and im barely finding out about this. This app will help me so much starting today and forever on. Thank u.Show lessclutch223
Honestly? Really lacking… If you can, try something different.
I’m pretty sure google has abandoned this software or has a skeleton crew on it because nothing new ever comes to it. The iPad app suffers from a lot of the things that rob it from being a productivity tool.
- Inconsistent mouse and keyboard support
- No scroll wheel support (kinda the biggest bother for me)
- Random disconnects even when both connections are stable
- Very rare, but crashes on occasion using the iPad mini (haven’t had it crash on the M1 Pro yet)
- Less command support/input support
Compared to the desktop app, this one feels like it was never meant for power users, just Johnny logging in to help grandma uninstall candy crush for the third time. Even then that’s a bit of a stretch. Since I have no choice but to use this one for work, I’m stuck with it. But I’m really hoping that google can get a wake up call. That or they’ll discontinue this service like they do everything else, either way.
I hope to see improvements in the following areas that will improve this app drastically:
- BT mouse and keyboard support improved
- Scroll Wheel support
- Stability improvementsShow lessLefty_Macbeth
Missing functionality
I want to start by saying that I love the potential an app like this brings, being able to access my computer from anywhere, even if it is just to check a date or a password etc. However, the app isn’t at all useful to me because of one thing: there is no option to change display.
For some reason when I connect to my desktop it defaults to showing the second monitor only. That’s not useful because when I open windows they default to the primary window, and guess what, I can’t see them. I’ve googled this problem and everyone says the solution is to change which monitor to display. Apparently that option isn’t there anymore. The only display option I have is to resize desktop to fit.
Because of this, I have to rate it 1 star because it is simply UNUSABLE for me in its current state. And no I’m not going to just unplug my second monitor every time I walk away from my computer in case I need to connect with Remote Desktop. Because of Googles track record with product support, this will never get fixed and thus I will never use this product.Show lessrylan47
Need updates
Hello, we need thes updates to using awesomely.
Add mouse inputs as ipad pro has mouse functions.
Ipad pro keyboard cases has arrow icons -we need to get something when we press these arrows on the keyboard.
I dont know how but can you add mouse drag option on the touch screen commands so we can use without mouse -mouse drag functions. I use this to control my desktop for 3D Drawings. I can open control move add or delete but no dragging or turning the 3D object on the 3D view.
Thank you,Show lessMike ISIK
