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Inspect button not available for Chrome on remote device in Chrome developer tools

Problem

So I got my phone showing up as a device in Remote Devices in Chrome Developer tools.

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but

  • the version of Chrome is missing
  • the list of tabs in Chrome is missing which means
  • the inspect button is missing

More Information

  • I have adb server running on my laptop where I'm running the DevTools.
  • When my co-worker hooked up his phone to my laptop, keeping everything else the same, there was no issue as described above. Worked normally.
Solution

  • There can be many things which could go wrong. Just check this things, Maybe can help you -

    • Update both chrome applications to the latest version (Android & Desktop)
    • check if you can debug simple websites opened in chrome, if thats the case, there must be something wrong with your build.
    • Confirm Turning on - Developer options, USB Debugging.