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stuming
New Member
February 27, 2025
Question

Forticlient VPN Android - Can it use Google Chrome for Context Aware Access internally?

Hi

 

The company I work for has rolled out FortiVPN globally. We mainly use Macbooks but there are a few die-hard Chromebook / ChromeOS users still out there.

 

Chromebooks can use Android apps and there is a Forticlient VPN Android app which could be used, but currently it doesn't work because, according to our IT team, "we use context aware access which requires Google Chrome, whereas the Forticlient VPN uses its own inbuilt browser".

 

Can anyone suggest a workaround for this limitation? Or is the only fix for Fortinet to update the Forticlient VPN Android to use Google Chrome? Which I suspect is very unlikely to happen.

 

Thanks

 

Stuart

6 replies

adambomb1219
SuperUser
SuperUser
February 27, 2025

What is "FortiVPN"?  Is FortiSASE an option for this use-case?

stuming
stumingAuthor
New Member
February 27, 2025

FortiClient VPN for Android lets your android device create a secure VPN connection via IPSec or SSL tunnel to a FortiGate firewall.

Or it would if the application used Chrome instead of its own proprietary browser.

adambomb1219
SuperUser
SuperUser
March 5, 2025

I'm still not sure what you are asking?  ChromeOS is not Android based...  It is an extremely locked down operating system

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