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Using Google Chrome Console On Any Mobile Device!

Mohamed El Bahja on September 13, 2019

Google Chrome is my default web browser in all my devices, in this post I'll share with you how to use the console on your mobile devices. Let's S...
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Willem Odendaal

Instructions as of February 2021:

Open Chrome app in your mobile phone and tap on 3-dots menu and select Settings option.
It'll open Chrome Settings page.
Scroll down to bottom and under "Advanced" section, tap on About Chrome option.
Tap on "Application version" 7 times to enable developer mode.

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ramiroiblanco

And after that? How do you open the developer tools. I can't find it anywhere.

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Dre • Edited

It's only April but something must have changed.

There is no "Advanced" in the menu, but I found the version under "Google Chrome" and tapped on it and saw "copied" 7 times, and then nothing happened.

EDIT: After making an error happen, I did start seeing log info in 'chrome://inspect'. I am not sure the Advanced/tapping is even necessary.

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tmblog

This worked for me Feb 22.

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Ralf Longwitz • Edited

Win10, Android 9 - doesn't work for me, nothing happens when plugging in. USB debugging is on. What now?
Edit: It's a Samsung, maybe that's why
stackoverflow.com/questions/219259...

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z2lai

Changing USB connection mode to "Audio Source" while everything was connected worked for me (Win10, Android 8.0).
stackoverflow.com/a/49193147/6464705

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Pricilla Bilavendran • Edited

It is a helpful guide thanks for sharing. However, it is not mentioned in the blog how to open the console. This short guide cover that!!!

lambdatest.com/software-testing-qu...

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Daniel Claunch • Edited

I haven't seen the discover USB devices

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Mohamed El Bahja

On new chrome version you can find it on:
chrome://inspect/#devices

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Ifeanyichukwu John

What's the need for this?

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Mohamed El Bahja

sometimes the page works everywhere excerpt mobile browser.

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yasireg

Hello Everyone,

How can we do this for IOS or MAC???

Thank You!