{"id":4359,"date":"2019-10-01T18:40:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T01:40:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-03-11T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T19:53:45","slug":"4359","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/4359","title":{"rendered":"My Chromebook won&#8217;t connect to USB devices when using Graphical Analysis, Spectral Analysis, or Instrumental Analysis."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>This issue is related to the package (or installed) versions of our Apps.<\/strong><br \/>If you are using the Progressive Web App versions, see <br \/><a href=\"\/til\/15928\/\">How do I connect USB sensors to the Progressive Web App version of Graphical Analysis (and other Vernier apps)?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/15246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Progressive Web App<\/a> should be used on Chromebooks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Packaged Apps are no longer supported on Chromebooks.<\/h3>\n<p>When using a Chromebook, make sure you are using the Chrome version of the app. Many Chromebooks are able to run Android apps from the Google Play Store. Graphical Analysis, Spectral Analysis, and Instrumental Analysis are available for both Chrome and Android, and look almost identical when run on a Chromebook.<\/p>\n<p>This is problematic because the Android version of these apps will launch on compatible Chromebooks, but will not see any USB connections. Bluetooth connections often fail to work as well.<\/p>\n<p>On Chromebooks you can tell if the app running is built for Chrome or Android from the color of the top title bar. If it is black, it is the Android version and needs to be removed from the device and replaced with the Chrome version. If it is white\/gray, it is the Chrome version and is expected to work with USB devices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/til\/images\/4359_chromeandroidcomparison.jpg\" alt=\"4359_chromeandroidcomparison.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition, Android-compatible Chromebooks may show a dialog on connecting a USB device, offering to connect the USB device to the Android subsystem:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/2024-04-11_15-30-31.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19766\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Connect to Android dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Do not click Connect to Android, or Graphical Analysis will not be able to see the device. If you do click this dialog, disconnect the USB device and reconnect it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/til\/19762\/\">Graphical Analysis on Chromebook won't see my USB devices<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This issue is related to the package (or installed) versions of our Apps.If you are using the Progressive Web App versions, see Only the Progressive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3323,4801,7267,7268],"class_list":["post-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-android","tag-chrome-chromebook","tag-ga-sa","tag-google-play-chrome-web-store"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}