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

Question

Problem

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

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.

Answer 1

It could be related to WebView implementation. Please go to Settings > Developer options > Change WebView implementation to Chrome.

Answer 2

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.