When you connect your Google Nexus or Google Pixel device to your PC, you need to use a USB driver. A USB driver is needed to connect your phone to the PC. This will allow you to use the Android ADB and Fastboot tools.

If you are a general user, you may not have the required USB drivers for your Android Studio IDE.

  1. First, open the Start screen and type “cmd” into the search bar.
  2. After typing “cmd”, press Enter.
  3. Type “netstat -an” into the command prompt and press Enter.
  4. The netstat -an output will show you all the network connections and their status. You can see that Google USB drivers are not connected to any of them.
  5. To fix this, open a command prompt and type “ipconfig /all”. This will show you all the network adapters in your computer and which ones are connected to Google USB drivers. You should see a list of Google USB drivers in this list, but they are not connected to any of them.

How to Download and Install Google USB Drivers for Windows

How to Download Google USB Drivers

Direct Download

To download the Google USB driver, you can just click on the link given below. After the download, extract the file to any suitable location and make sure the extracted folder “usb_drivers” has “android_winsb.inf” driver file.

Via Android Studio

  1. Open Android Studio and click the New Project button.
  2. In the Project Name field, enter a name for your project, such as “Android Studio” or “MyProject.”
  3. In the Type of Project field, choose Android Application from the list and click Next.
  4. In the Build Path field, select a location to save your project’s resources (for example, C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk). Click Finish to create your project.

Open Android Studio on your PC and go to ‘Tools’ and select ‘SDK Manager’, then go to the ‘SDK Tools’ tab. Select the ‘Google USB Driver’ and click Ok. Now you will see a ‘Confirm change’ message, click Ok.

Step 5: You will see the ‘License Agreement’, click on ‘I Accept’ then click on ‘Next’. ..

Now the required drivers will be installed on your PC to “android_sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\”. “android_sdk” is where you have installed the Android SDK. ..

How to Install Google USB Drivers

On Windows 10

  1. Connect your device to the PC via USB.
  2. Go to Control Panel and click on ‘Device Manager’.
  3. Double-click on your device category to expand the list of connected devices.
  4. Right-click on your device’s name and select ‘Update driver’. ..

In the ‘usb_driver’ folder, you will find the driver for your specific computer. If you have used Android SDK, you will also find the driver for your specific device.

Next, complete the wizard to install the divers. After successful installation, restart your PC.

On Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1

  1. Connect your device to the PC via USB.
  2. Right-click on ‘Computer’ and click on ‘Manage’.
  3. On the left side, select ‘Devices’ and then double-click on ‘Other Device’ on the right side to expand it.
  4. Now right-click on the device name and select ‘Update driver’ option.
  5. Click on ‘Browse my computer for driver software’ in the wizard.
  6. Click ‘Browse’ and select the ‘usb_driver’ folder from the location where you have extracted the ZIP file or if you have used Android SDK, go to the path “android_sdk\extras\google\usb_driver".
  7. Click on ‘Next’ and complete the wizard and the divers will be installed. After successful installation, restart your PC ..

Google has released a new USB driver for Windows that makes it easier to connect and use your Google devices. This driver is available as a download from the Google website, and installation is simple. ..

If you are using an AMD based PC or you are connected to the device via USB 3.0/3.1/3.2 port, then your drivers might not be installed properly and you will not be able to execute ADB/Fastboot command. ..

This issue is faced by a lot of users lately, and they are looking for ways to solve it. Some users have found that connecting via USB 2.0 or switching to an Intel-based PC helps them solve the problem.