Google to add iPhone USB tethering support to Chrome OS

Google to add iPhone USB tethering support to Chrome Os

Currently, Chrome Os just supports Wi-Fi or Bluetooth tethering with iPhones

iPhone USB tethering

The team behind Google'south Chrome OS is working on adding support for iPhone USB tethering to share a data connexion from your telephone to your Chromebook.

If you're like me, you may exist surprised to learn that Chromebooks don't already support USB tethering with iPhones. Further, information technology's likely a small number of people that use both a Chromebook and an iPhone, but regardless, it'southward an important feature to include.

Initially spotted past Chrome Unboxed, the code alter for iPhone USB tethering get-go appeared on the Chromium Gerrit, an online collaboration tool for submitting, reviewing and revising code before merging it into the Bone.

The code change, titled 'Enable kernel support for iPhone tethering through USB,' says tethering through USB uses less battery life and is safer than wireless or Bluetooth tethering. The description says users report that it's more reliable as well.

Withal, the description as well links to a Chromium Bug Tracker page, which says that Chrome Bone sees an iPhone as a 'USB device' when plugged in, but doesn't recognize the ethernet output. Instead, iPhones use a separate driver for USB tethering.

Currently, the Chrome Os squad is working on getting Chromebooks communicating with iPhones for USB tethering. Probable, nosotros tin expect the feature in a future Chrome OS update. For now, iPhone owners tin can use Wi-Fi tethering to share their data connection with their Chromebook.

Source: Chrome Gerrit, Chromium Bug Tracker Via: Chrome Unboxed, Android Police