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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
I recently bought a USB 3 Docking station, like a big pack of smokes with some USB3 ports, Video (DVI), audio and Giga LAN. Would I be able to use something like that with a Chromebook? How does peripherals work in Chrome? Can you get drivers for them, or does everything USB work out of the box?
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USB printers don't work, because ChromeOS prints via Google Cloud Print, but most things that I've plugged in to my Chrome boxes have worked fine.
These have been webcam, microphone headset, flash drives, a keyboard/mouse splitter, and a portable hard drive.
I think I also had success with my phone and my Sony PRS-650, but I'll have to try those out again to confirm.
The only thing that didn't work was a USB Ethernet adapter, but that may have been the particular brand I bought and the fact that I was trying it in an ARM Chromebook rather than an Intel one. Other brands have been reported as working OK on Amazon.
I must also say that some things work better than on Windows. Every time I plug my monitor (webcam) or headset into my Windows box it goes off and tries to reinstall the software. When I plug them into my Chromebox they just work instantly.
Graham