If we want to connect to our home computer even when we are out and about, maybe to run some program, you can use an application for your mobile phone that allows you to access it remotely, via internet connection. The applications to access the phone or tablet to your PC (Windows or Mac), have grown very recently, offering innovative ways to move the computer mouse by moving your finger on the touchscreen of the smartphone. In this article we see the best applications for Android and iPhone, tablets and iPads, which allow you to control your computer from a distance in different ways .
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Using the smartphone to control the mouse, open programs and move windows on the Windows computer or Mac also allows you to use your mobile phone as if it were a remote control. In this way, for example, you can browse photos on the computer or the slides of a presentation without being close to the screen, perhaps even from another room. Each of these apps that must be installed on the mobile phone or tablet and generally connects with a program that must be installed on the computer.
1) TeamViewer
TeamViewer is the most popular free program to control a computer remotely from another pc, which also works from the mobile phone.
TeamViewer can be installed on Android and iPhone and can control in a remote desktop, via the internet, a Windows PC, a Mac or a Linux computer.
With TeamViewer you can connect from anywhere in the world to your home PC only with an internet connection and it also works well to transform your smartphone into a remote mouse.
To install it on your smartphone or tablet we can use the links present here -> TeamViewer (Android) and TeamViewer (iOS).
To download the PC or Mac version instead (in order to check them), just use the link here -> TeamViewer (PC or Mac).
2) Chrome Remote Desktop
Chrome remote desktop for Android allows you to access the computer screen via the internet using the Google Chrome remote desktop function as explained in the article we linked at the beginning of the sentence.
With this completely free solution, just install Google Chrome as a browser on your PC or Mac, install the right extension and assign the PC to our Google account, so you can control it remotely via the mobile app.
To download Google Chrome on PC or Mac we can use the link here -> Google Chrome .
Once installed, we integrate the extension required for remote control, available here -> Chrome Remote Desktop .
Configured remote access and assignment to the Google account in our possession, we can control the PC or Mac using the specific app downloadable here -> Chrome Remote Desktop (Android) and Chrome Remote Desktop (iOS).
3) Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP)
If we have a professional version of Windows (Windows 10 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate) we can use RDP to carry out remote control of the PC, especially if we are connected on the same LAN (we can also configure it for the access from the Internet).
Microsoft Remote Desktop allows you to control a Windows PC from iPhone or Android with very few configurations and using the Microsoft apps released for all mobile devices.
To enable Remote Desktop, please read the guide in the link above, if you need the apps, we can download them from here -> Microsoft Remote Desktop (Android) and Microsoft Remote Desktop (iOS).
4) Splashtop
Splashtop is currently the most optimized application for controlling a computer from a tablet or smartphone .
The basic configuration of this application allows you to remotely control the computer connected to your wireless network (not therefore via the internet).
With the Anywhere Access Pack add-on, it is also possible to use a computer from a distance, via the internet and, according to what the company claims, it offers the fastest connection compared to the competition, also working well for watching streaming video from remote.
Splashtop requires the installation of the Streamer program on Windows or Mac, downloadable from here -> Splashtop Streamer .
To control the PC via the app we will have to download Splashtop to the mobile device, using one of the links present here -> Splashtop (Android) and Splashtop (iOS).
5) LogMeIn
LogMeIn is very similar to Teamviewer and allows you to connect to a computer from any other Windows or Mac PC.
LogMein is also available for iPhone and iPad in a free version and also supports multiple monitors and VPN connections.
To install the client on PC or Mac we can use the link available here -> LogMeIn .
To install it instead on a mobile device we can use the links present here -> LogMeIn (Android) and LogMeIn (iOS).
6) Unified Remote
Another very valid program to access the Windows PC and Mac remotely is Unified Remote, useful for turning on, using and turning off the computer from a smartphone.
By installing the server on the PC we can obtain complete control of the keyboard and mouse but also control the browser, multimedia apps and Office apps without ever having to get close to the PC.
The server is free for PC and Mac and we can download it from here -> Unified Remote .
To install the app on mobile devices we can use the following links, to access the free trial (with a few essential remote controls) -> Unified Remote (Android) and Unified Remote (iOS).
By purchasing the PRO version we will have access to all the app's remote controls, so as to control many more programs.
7) Remote Mouse
Remote Mouse is a useful app to control the PC remotely by transforming our smartphone or tablet into a real wireless touch mouse with keyboard.
As for other similar products we will have to install the control server on the PC or Mac, then associate the app of the mobile device in our possession to simulate the presence of a mouse, using the mobile screen as if it were a touchpad or a virtual keyboard.
We can download the server for PC and Mac from here -> Remote Mouse .
To download the apps for Android and iOS instead, just use the links here -> Remote Mouse (Android) and Remote Mouse (iOS).
8) AnyDesk
Another service that we can try to obtain PC remote control for Android and iPhone is AnyDesk, a real alternative to TeamViewer.
By installing the server on our PC or on our Mac and associating it with our AnyDesk account we will be able to control the PC remotely even when we are away from home, thanks to the Internet and specific apps for mobile.
We can download the server for PC and Mac from here -> AnyDesk .
To get the mobile apps, we can use the links here -> AnyDesk (Android) and AnyDesk (iOS).
