While your Chromebook should work just fine on its own, you may want to attach peripheral devices to it. Peripherals are devices like mice, external keyboards, headphones, or microphones that you connect to your computer.
Peripherals can connect to your Chromebook either through a wired connection (plugging the device into your Chromebook) or through bluetooth (a wireless connection). To learn how to connect a bluetooth device to your Chromebook, check out the following article:
How do I connect a bluetooth device to my Chromebook?
To connect a peripheral to your Chromebook, just plug it into the corresponding port! Your Chromebook has 3 ports that are useful for plugging in peripherals:
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USB-C Port:
The USB-C is useful for plugging in a variety of peripherals or adapters. It is also the port you use to charge your Chromebook. Mice, keyboards, or webcams all might connect to this port.
USB-A Port:
The USB-A port is commonly used to plug in mice, keyboards, and USB drives, and webcams.
Headphone Port
The small round headphone port works for both headphones and microphones. If you have a pair of headphones with a built in microphone, they should work if you plug them in here! External speakers will also use this port.
What if my peripheral doesn't connect to any of these ports?
If you ever want to plug in a peripheral to your Chromebook that will not fit into any of your Chromebook's ports, you will need to get an adapter. For example, if you want to plug your Chromebook into an external monitor, you will likely need to get an adapter that goes from USB-C to HDMI, DisplayPort, or VGA. That way you can plug the adapter into your Chromebook's USB-C port, and then plug your monitor's HDMI, DisplayPort, or VGA cable into the adapter.
There are many different kinds of peripherals, so if this article did not answer your questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with tech support via the following article:
How do I get technical support?