How to Download and Install Android adb Tool on Linux, Mac or Windows

The adb - Android Debug Bridge command line tool should be available to you by default when you install Android Studio the IDE for Android App development for Mobile, Tablets, TVs, and Wearables.

The first thing before installing adb manually, you can check if it is already available on your Mac/Windows system.

If you can't find it and want to install it manually, then follow the below steps,

For macOS

1. Go to the Platform-Tools page on developers.google.com
   Link: https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools#downloads

2. Click on link "Download SDK Platform-Tools for Mac"
3. Read and accept the Terms and Conditions
4. The platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip file should get downloaded.
5. You should find the adb tool inside.

For Linux

The steps remain the same as macOS, just make sure to select: "Download SDK Platform-Tools for Linux" and you should get - platform-tools-latest-linux.zip

For Windows

Again! The steps remain the same as macOS, just make sure to select: "Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows" and you should get - platform-tools-latest-windows.zip

Link: https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools#downloads