ADB offers many commands that you can use to perform tasks on your Android phone. You can sideload applications and even take screenshots on your phone from your computer.

Using the sideload command, and the newest version of adb from the Android SDK, one could update their Nexus device through stock recovery, without having to root or flash a custom recovery.

However, some might prefer to use the ADB interface through a computer. The setup process involves more than the on-device wireless debugging feature introduced with Android 11.

How to use Wireless ADB on your Android device After activating developer options and wireless debugging, you can use ADB wirelessly on your Android device.

On Windows, enter adb devices to run the command. To use wireless ADB on your Android device, follow these steps: Open the Wireless Debugging setting. Tap the Pair device with pairing code option.