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I was unable to google what the possibilities of this separate "chrome on mobile" task in the cmd-tab app switcher is. What's it supposed to do?

Tetsujin
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Urs
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That allows you to open a browsing session active on your phone in Chrome on your Mac in Chrome

Steve Chambers
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That's Handoff.

When your iOS device and Mac are logged in to the same iCloud account and have Bluetooth enabled, apps which support Handoff are able to pass the app state between devices.

In the screenshot, Google Chrome on iOS is able to pass the URL of the current tab to a new tab on your Mac. This also works vice versa — indicated by the app icon shown in the bottom-left corner of your iOS device or at the bottom tab of the app switcher.

You can set Handoff in Settings → General → Handoff on your iOS device, and System Preferences → General → ‘Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices’ on macOS.

grg
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  • Ahhh... I already hoped I could inspect mobile chrome from desktop.. Thanks! – Urs Jun 01 '17 at 21:11
  • @Urs Nope, you still need Safari for that – grg Jun 01 '17 at 21:12
  • I browsed your other answers and found a workaround for another question I had https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/284912/run-zsh-alias-via-automator/285531#285531 What do you think? – Urs Jun 01 '17 at 21:27
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    @Urs That's a nice workflow! – grg Jun 02 '17 at 19:13
  • Good except that iOS device was not "logged in to the same iCloud account". – chiappa Jan 25 '24 at 06:05
  • @chiappa That would be a major violation of privacy and somehow ciumventing the iCloud-based encryption of these local comms. Thus without further evidence I am unable to believe this statement. – grg Feb 06 '24 at 18:38