Send Links to Connected Chrome Devices from a Computer

Chrome on your computer can push the current page to your phone or any other signed-in Chrome device in a couple of clicks. The option lives in the three-dot menu under Cast, save, and share.

The link shows up in a new tab on the target device the next time it goes online, so you can keep reading right where you left off.

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What You’ll Need to Send Links to Connected Chrome Devices

You want the destination list to show the right laptop, phone, or tablet the first time you send a link. That only happens when both devices share a few basic settings.

Sign in to Chrome on every device with the same Google account. Then turn on Open Tabs sync for that account so the other device appears on the sending computer.

If a device is missing from the list, open Chrome on the destination device, select the profile icon at the top right, and confirm the same Google account is signed in. The same setup applies on the phone side, as our guide to sending Chrome links from an Android phone walks through.

Send a Link from the Three-Dot Menu

The current path to send the open page to another device starts at . The Share icon that used to sit at the end of the URL bar is gone from desktop Chrome, so don’t look for it.

1. Launch Google Chrome on your computer.
2. Open the website you want to send to another device.
3. Click at the top right of the Chrome window.
4. Hover over Cast, save, and share in the menu.
5. Click Send to your devices in the submenu.
6. Pick the device you want to open the page on.

Chrome pushes the page to that device. You’ll know it worked when a notification appears on the destination device and the link opens in a new tab.

Google’s current wording appears on the Chrome Help page for shared tabs.

Send a Link from the Right-Click Menu

If the three-dot menu feels like too many steps for a page you are already looking at, right-click anywhere on the page and skip the menu.

1. Open the page you want to push in Chrome.
2. Right-click an empty area of the page, not an image, link, or selection.
3. Choose Send to your devices from the context menu.
4. Pick the device from the small list Chrome shows.

This shortcut reaches the same destination list as the menu path. It’s a good fallback if your muscle memory still expects the old Share icon.

What to Do if the Device List Is Empty

You clicked Send to your devices, but the target device never appeared. Walk through these checks before you assume the feature is broken.

First, confirm Open Tabs is included in Chrome sync on both ends. Open chrome://settings/syncSetup on the sending computer and on the missing device, then make sure the Open Tabs toggle is on for the same Google account.

Next, make sure the receiving device has been online in Chrome recently. Offline devices only appear in the list once they connect and sync, so wake the laptop, unlock the phone, or open Chrome on the tablet.

If everything is on but the device still won’t appear, sign out of the Google account on the sending computer and sign back in. A stale sync token can hide a paired device for hours.

Doing the Same Thing From Your Phone or iPad

Chrome on Android and iOS uses a slightly different path. The address-bar Share icon is still there on phones and tablets, so the option sits one tap away inside the system share sheet.

On Android, the path is More → Share… → Send to your devices. On iPhone and iPad, the same option lives inside the iOS share sheet.

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