Gopher for Chrome Premium includes all the same functionality and features as our Gopher for Chrome basic tier, but takes your reporting capabilities a step further with Gopher Buddy. The Gopher Buddy Chrome Extension partners with the Gopher for Chrome Add-on to boost your fleet’s OS health and offers high-resolution usage history and network IP reporting on Chrome devices, as well as a handy way for students and staff to access key device info.
Gopher Buddy:
- Extends Gopher for Chrome's reporting capabilities to include user sessions that capture the username, local & public IP addresses, start time, and session duration (in minutes).
- Provides logged-in Google Workspace users permission-based access to recent session information and device metadata, such as serial number and asset ID, from the logged-in context.
- Nudges users to help prevent Chrome devices from falling more than three versions behind in their OS updates.
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How Do I Know if My Domain Has Gopher for Chrome Premium?
If you have Gopher for Chrome Premium, hovering over the license icon in the sidebar footer shows Premium.
How Do I Access Gopher for Chrome Premium Gopher Buddy Features?
Once installed & configured, Gopher Buddy presents a toggle switch in the Load managed devices tab of the Gopher for Chrome Sheets sidebar. You can include Gopher Buddy data when loading from the Admin console and Device Cache.
How Does It Work?
The Gopher Buddy extension must interact with the Gopher Buddy Service, a CDW Amplified for Education-hosted API installed and authorized by a Google Workspace administrator, and have a valid trial or paid license. The Gopher Buddy Service is responsible for determining the Chrome OS version from the device model and for logging and storing user session details in an external datastore.
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