Device Check guides

Device troubleshooting guides

Start with the symptom you can observe, follow a short browser-safe sequence, then use the matching Device Check tool to verify what reaches the browser. These guides separate useful evidence from claims a web page cannot prove.

Microphone Not Working in Your Browser?

Fix a browser microphone that is silent, blocked, missing, or using the wrong input device.

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How to Allow Microphone Permission in Chrome

Check and restore Chrome microphone permission without weakening unrelated privacy settings.

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Webcam Not Working in Your Browser?

Troubleshoot a missing, blocked, black, frozen, or incorrect browser camera feed.

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How to Allow Camera Permission in Chrome

Restore Chrome camera permission and verify that the intended webcam opens.

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Browser Has No Sound?

Find why browser audio is silent when other apps may still play normally.

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Headphones Left and Right Test

Check stereo channel routing and identify swapped, missing, or uneven headphone channels.

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Keyboard Key Not Working?

Check whether a specific key reaches the browser and isolate layout, shortcut, or hardware causes.

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Keyboard Ghosting and Simultaneous Key Input

Understand missing key combinations and measure the rollover that your browser can observe.

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Mouse Buttons or Wheel Not Working?

Check browser mouse clicks, wheel events, movement, drag input, and common side buttons.

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Gamepad Not Detected by the Browser?

Help the browser expose a connected controller and distinguish support, focus, and connection issues.

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Stuck Pixel vs Dead Pixel

Understand the visual difference and inspect your screen with solid full-screen colors.

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How to use these guides

Check permissions, selected devices, connections, and competing applications before assuming hardware failure. Each guide links to an existing test and explains both what that test can confirm and its limits.