18d1:2d00 — Android Open Accessory device (accessory) (Google Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Android Open Accessory device (accessory) manufactured by Google Inc.. The vendor ID 18d1 is registered to Google Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2d00 is the product ID that Google Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 18d1:2d00 Google Inc. Android Open Accessory device (accessory).

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 18d1:2d00 Google Inc. Android Open Accessory device (accessory)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 18d1:2d00, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 18d1:2d00. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=18d1, idProduct=2d00.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_18D1&PID_2D00
USB\VID_18D1&PID_2D00&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_18D1&PID_2D00"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Android Open Accessory device (accessory):
      Product ID: 0x2d00
      Vendor ID: 0x18d1  (Google Inc.)

Driver help

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

18d1  Google Inc.
	2d00  Android Open Accessory device (accessory)

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