How to connect Android Phone Wirelessly to Chrome DevTools for debugging A link to the article

November 5, 2025 4 min read

Introduction#

I’ve been using adb for some time now and decided to document how I connect my phones to Chrome with minimal hassle. Unfortunately, many online tutorials are outdated or don’t work for me for some reason, so I created this guide to hopefully be more helpful!

Setup#

Enable Wireless Debugging#

On your phone:

Open the settings app and navigate to System > Developer Options > Wireless debugging.
Enable wireless debugging and note down your IP address.
If you’re using a VPN, ensure the IP address matches the one assigned by your Wi-Fi network in Network & Internet settings. If they don’t match, disable the VPN or check this GitHub issue for possible workarounds if you VPN has similar settings to Rethink DNS.

Pair the Devices#

On your phone:

Open the Pair device with pairing code menu in wireless debugging settings.
Note down the pair code, IP address, and port.

On your PC:

Kill the adb server if it was previously started to avoid potential issues:

adb kill-server

Start a new adb server:

adb start-server

Initiate pairing with your Android device (replace <ip> and <port> with the values noted earlier):

adb pair ip:port

Enter the PIN displayed on your phone when prompted. Upon successful pairing, you’ll see a message like Successfully paired to <ip>:<port> [guid=<device guid>].

Connect to Chrome#

Connect to your device using the following command (note that <port> will be different from the one you used on a previous step):

adb connect ip:port

You should see a message like connected to <ip>:<port>.

Open Chrome on your PC and navigate to chrome://inspect/#devices. Also, open Chrome Browser on Android.
If Chrome doesn’t forward dev tools automatically (happened to me on my recent phones for some reason):

adb forward tcp:9222 localabstract:chrome_devtools_remote

Also, if Inspect button doesn’t work for you, try Inspect fallback instead. I barely noticed a difference, despite the fact my Chrome version don’t really match.

Final Words#

This is a bunch of my notes I turned into an article. Hopefully, it helps someone! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please let me know.

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