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Requesting Remote View

At any time during a chat-only support session, agents can elevate the session into a Remote View session to view the customer's device screen.

You are in an active chat-only session in the Agent Console.

  1. Click REMOTE VIEW.
  2. Ask the customer to follow instructions displayed on their Chat Panel to share their screen.

    • Customers on desktop computers using Internet Explorer, Safari, or a version of Chrome below 72 are prompted to download the GoToAssist Remote Support application.
    • Customers on mobile devices should install/launch the GoToAssist Remote Support application to share their device screen.
      Important: You must have an active GoToAssist Remote Support Mobile add-on license.
      Note: Customers on an iOS device need to use the iOS Broadcast feature to enable screen sharing. For detailed information about how the customer can enable Broadcast for the GoToAssist Remote Support application, see How to enable Screen Sharing (Broadcast) on an iOS Device providing an end-to-end view of the process from the customer's perspective.

At any time during a Remote View session, you can request to control the customer's device by clicking Click to request Remote Control at the bottom of your browser window.

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