How to connect ADB remotely to a Genymotion Desktop local device?

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Keywords: Genymotion Desktop, ADB, VirtualBox, QEMU, socat

Document ID: https://support.genymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002738297-How-to-connect-ADB-remotely-to-a-Genymotion-Desktop-local-device#split1

Windows (VirtualBox)

1. Set your virtual device Network mode to Bridged. See .

2. Retrieve the virtual device IP address.

3. From another computer, open a command prompt and run:

   adb connect <virtual_device_IP>:5555

Linux/MacOS (QEMU)

VirtualBox hypervisor is not recommended on Linux and macOS, and it is not available on mac M series.

However, it is possible to do the same by forwarding TCP port 6555 with the socat tool:

1. On Linux, socat is already available on our recommended distributions. On macOS, you need to install it with brew: 

   brew install socat
2. Forward your host computer, where Genymotion is running, local port 6555 to its IP on your network: 
   socat TCP-LISTEN:6555,bind=<your-host-computer-ip>,fork TCP:127.0.0.1:6555
3. From another computer, connect adb to your host computer IP, port 6555: 
   adb <your-host-computer-ip>:6555