Now follow the installation guide below according to the Windows OS version you’re using. The same steps can also be used to upgrade the existing drivers installed on your PC to the latest version available.
So, you will need to manually install it on your Windows PC. The Google USB Drivers come in the form of an ‘ android_winusb.inf‘ setup information file, rather than a Windows executable. Here ‘ android_sdk‘ is the folder where the Android SDK is installed on your PC. Simply select ‘Accept’ and click on ‘Next’.Īndroid Studio will now download the Google USB drivers to ‘ android_sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\‘ on your PC.
Finally, click on ‘Ok’ when prompted with the ‘Confirm change’ message.Select ‘Google USB Driver’ and click on ‘Ok’.Click on ‘Tools’ and select ‘SDK Manager’.Once you have it installed, follow the instructions below: Download via Android Studioįirst of all, make sure that you have downloaded and installed the latest version of Android Studio on your Windows PC. The extracted ‘usb_drivers’ folder should contain the required ‘android_winusb.inf’ driver file. Once downloaded, extract the ZIP file to a suitable location on your computer. Latest version: usb_driver_r13-windows.zip.Just click on the link below to download the Google USB Driver ZIP file to your PC.
Note: If you’re using macOS or Linux, you would not need these drivers. In our personal experience, downloading the ZIP package directly is easier than using the Android Studio. The former method, on the contrary, will require you to manually check if a newer driver version is available and download it again. The latter gives an added benefit, that is the SDK Manager will automatically notify you when a newer version is available. Or, you can use the SDK Manager in the Android Studio to download it. You can either download the Google USB Driver ZIP file manually. Now, there are two different ways/methods to download the USB driver on Windows. Step 3: Install the Modified USB Drivers.Step 2: Modify ‘android_winusb.inf’ file.Step 1: Get the VID and PID of your Android Device.How to Modify Google USB Drivers to Support Other Android Devices.With that in mind, go ahead to download the latest version of the USB Drivers from below and follow the instructions on how to install them on your Windows PC. To sum up, the drivers are useful in various situations. So you can install them on your PC to use ADB (Android Debug Bridge) for debugging apps and ROMs, boot your device into Bootloader/Recovery modes, or use Fastboot to unlock the bootloader and flash factory images on your Pixel/Nexus device. Google USB drivers also act as ‘ Android ADB and Fastboot Drivers‘ that allow your computer to communicate with your Android device over the Android Bootloader Interface (Fastboot Mode) as well as Android Composite ADB Interface.
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