18d1:4ee5 — Nexus/Pixel Device (PTP)

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Vendor ID: 18d1
Product ID: 4ee5
Combined: 18d1:4ee5
Decimal: 6353:20197

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Nexus/Pixel Device (PTP) manufactured by Google Inc.. The vendor ID 18d1 is registered to Google Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4ee5 is the product ID that Google Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 18d1:4ee5 Google Inc. Nexus/Pixel Device (PTP).

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 18d1:4ee5 Google Inc. Nexus/Pixel Device (PTP)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 18d1:4ee5, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 18d1:4ee5. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=18d1, idProduct=4ee5.

Windows

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

USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE5
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE5&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_18D1&PID_4EE5"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Nexus/Pixel Device (PTP):
      Product ID: 0x4ee5
      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.
	4ee5  Nexus/Pixel Device (PTP)

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