To enable multi-monitor support for Chrome Remote Desktop, you must first enable the relevant settings on the remote computer: enter the official Chrome Remote Desktop website, click the corresponding device and edit it, check "Multi-monitor support" in the advanced settings, save it and restart the service. Secondly, when connecting locally, select multi-screen mode: click the three-dot menu in the upper right corner of the interface and select "Use all my monitors" to transmit all screen content. Finally, make sure that the remote monitors have been activated. If there is still a black screen, try opening the program to the corresponding screen on the remote side. In addition, this feature is only supported on the web version, and abnormalities may occur due to network bandwidth and monitor layout.

If you are connecting to another computer with Chrome Remote Desktop and want to use multiple monitors on this remote computer, you may find that only the home screen can be seen by default. In fact, as long as the settings are properly, it can support multi-screen display when connecting remotely, but this function is not particularly intuitive.

Turn on the remote multi-monitor support

Chrome Remote Desktop only transmits the main monitor screen by default, so the first step is to enable multi-monitor support on the controlled end (that is, the computer you want to control):

• Open the Chrome browser on the remote computer and enter the official Chrome Remote Desktop website
• Click the device you want to connect to, and then click Edit
• Find "Multi-monitor support" in "Advanced Settings" and check Enable
• After saving the settings, restart the Chrome Remote Desktop service on the remote host or try to reconnect directly

This step is very important. If you do not turn on this option, no matter how you operate the local client, you will only see one screen.

Select multi-screen mode when accessing remote desktop using browser

When you connect to a remote computer from your local computer through a browser, it may still be possible to display only one screen by default. At this time, you need to manually switch to multi-monitor mode:

• Log in to the Chrome Remote Desktop page
• Connect to your remote computer
• Find the "Three Dots" menu button in the upper right corner of the connection interface
• Click to select "Use all my monitors" or "Use current monitor only"

After selecting "Use all my monitors", the system will try to transmit all the monitor screens of the remote computer and arrange the window according to your local layout.

Note: If your local display is less than the remote terminal, or the resolution is inconsistent, some screens may not be displayed or misaligned. At this time, you can try to adjust the size of the local browser window, or switch back to single-screen mode to view specific screen content.

If the remote computer has an extended screen but cannot see the picture

Sometimes, even if multi-monitor support is enabled, "Use all my monitors" is selected, but some monitors on the remote side are still black or have no signal. This is usually caused by some monitors on the remote computer that are not actually activated:

• Confirm that all monitors are enabled and functioning on the remote computer
• Try running a program on a remote computer to each screen, such as opening a notepad or browser window, to see if Chrome Remote Desktop can detect them
• If a screen is in a "off" state for a long time, Chrome Remote Desktop may not actively transmit the contents of that screen

Other precautions

• Chrome Remote Desktop's multi-display feature is currently only available for connection through web browsers, and the Windows/macOS application version may not yet support it.
• If the number and proportion of monitors of remote computers and local computers differ too much, the problem of confusing window arrangement may occur.
• Multi-display transmission has certain requirements for network bandwidth, and there may be lag or delay in low-speed networks.

Basically these key points of setting. Although it seems a bit confusing, it can solve the problem most of the time as long as you check the remote terminal configuration and browser options step by step.

The above is the detailed content of How to use multiple monitors with Chrome Remote Desktop. For more information, please follow other related articles on the PHP Chinese website!