diff --git a/packages/driver/package.json b/packages/driver/package.json
index a59c80afb945..b0c1ccce352a 100644
--- a/packages/driver/package.json
+++ b/packages/driver/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "chai": "3.5.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "6.0.0",
     "chokidar-cli": "^1.2.0",
+    "chrome-remote-interface": "^0.26.1",
     "clone": "^2.1.1",
     "compression": "^1.1.0",
     "cors": "^2.7.1",
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/click.coffee b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/click.coffee
index 42196b900f1d..b0a1833c403e 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/click.coffee
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/click.coffee
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ $utils = require("../../../cypress/utils")
 $elements = require("../../../dom/elements")
 $selection = require("../../../dom/selection")
 $actionability = require("../../actionability")
+$native = require("../../../cypress/native_events")
 
 module.exports = (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) ->
   Commands.addAll({ prevSubject: "element" }, {
@@ -155,38 +156,41 @@ module.exports = (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) ->
 
             el = $elToClick.get(0)
 
-            domEvents.mouseDown = $Mouse.mouseDown($elToClick, coords.fromViewport)
-
-            ## if mousedown was cancelled then or caused
-            ## our element to be removed from the DOM
-            ## just resolve after mouse down and dont
-            ## send a focus event
-            if domEvents.mouseDown.preventedDefault or not $dom.isAttached($elToClick)
-              afterMouseDown($elToClick, coords)
-            else
-              if $elements.isInput(el) or $elements.isTextarea(el) or $elements.isContentEditable(el)
-                if !$elements.isNeedSingleValueChangeInputElement(el)
-                  $selection.moveSelectionToEnd(el)
-
-              ## retrieve the first focusable $el in our parent chain
-              $elToFocus = $elements.getFirstFocusableEl($elToClick)
-
-              if cy.needsFocus($elToFocus, $previouslyFocused)
-                cy.fireFocus($elToFocus.get(0))
-
-                ## if we are currently trying to focus
-                ## the body then calling body.focus()
-                ## is a noop, and it will not blur the
-                ## current element, which is all so wrong
-                if $elToFocus.is("body")
-                  $focused = cy.getFocused()
-
-                  ## if the current focused element hasn't changed
-                  ## then blur manually
-                  if $elements.isSame($focused, $previouslyFocused)
-                    cy.fireBlur($focused.get(0))
-
-              afterMouseDown($elToClick, coords)
+            return $native.mousedown(coords.fromViewport)
+              .then(()=>$native.mouseup(coords.fromViewport))
+
+            # domEvents.mouseDown = $Mouse.mouseDown($elToClick, coords.fromViewport)
+
+            # ## if mousedown was cancelled then or caused
+            # ## our element to be removed from the DOM
+            # ## just resolve after mouse down and dont
+            # ## send a focus event
+            # if domEvents.mouseDown.preventedDefault or not $dom.isAttached($elToClick)
+            #   afterMouseDown($elToClick, coords)
+            # else
+            #   if $elements.isInput(el) or $elements.isTextarea(el) or $elements.isContentEditable(el)
+            #     if !$elements.isNeedSingleValueChangeInputElement(el)
+            #       $selection.moveSelectionToEnd(el)
+
+            #   ## retrieve the first focusable $el in our parent chain
+            #   $elToFocus = $elements.getFirstFocusableEl($elToClick)
+
+            #   if cy.needsFocus($elToFocus, $previouslyFocused)
+            #     cy.fireFocus($elToFocus.get(0))
+
+            #     ## if we are currently trying to focus
+            #     ## the body then calling body.focus()
+            #     ## is a noop, and it will not blur the
+            #     ## current element, which is all so wrong
+            #     if $elToFocus.is("body")
+            #       $focused = cy.getFocused()
+
+            #       ## if the current focused element hasn't changed
+            #       ## then blur manually
+            #       if $elements.isSame($focused, $previouslyFocused)
+            #         cy.fireBlur($focused.get(0))
+
+              # afterMouseDown($elToClick, coords)
         })
         .catch (err) ->
           ## snapshot only on click failure
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/native_events.js b/packages/driver/src/cypress/native_events.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5535fdf684c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/native_events.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+console.log('native events ')
+const _ = require('lodash')
+
+const CRI = require('chrome-remote-interface')
+console.log('loaded CRI')
+const Promise = require('bluebird')
+const debug = require('debug')('cypress:driver')
+let client
+
+const init = () => {
+  debug('native init')
+  console.log('native init')
+  Promise.try(() => {
+    if (client) return
+    return CRI.List()
+    .then((targets) => {
+      // activate the first available id
+      console.log(targets)
+
+      // find the first target page that's a real tab
+      // and not the dev tools
+      const target = _.find(targets, (t) => {
+        return t.type === 'page' && t.url.startsWith('http')
+      })
+
+      console.log('target is', target)
+
+      return CRI({ target }, (newClient) => client = newClient)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+
+const mousedown = (coords) => {
+
+  const x = coords.x + coords.width / 2
+  const y = coords.y + coords.height / 2
+
+  return init()
+  .then(() => {
+    return client.send('Input.dispatchMouseEvent', {
+      x,
+      y,
+      type: 'mouseMoved',
+    })
+  })
+
+  .then(() => {
+    return client.send('Input.dispatchMouseEvent', {
+      x,
+      y,
+      type: 'mousePressed',
+      button: 'left',
+      clickCount: 1,
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+const mouseup = (coords) => {
+
+  const x = coords.x + coords.width / 2
+  const y = coords.y + coords.height / 2
+
+  return init()
+  .then(() => {
+    return client.send('Input.dispatchMouseEvent', {
+      x,
+      y,
+      type: 'mouseReleased',
+      button: 'left',
+      clickCount: 1,
+    })
+  })
+
+
+}
+console.log('export')
+module.exports = {
+  mousedown,
+  mouseup,
+}
diff --git a/packages/launcher/lib/browsers.ts b/packages/launcher/lib/browsers.ts
index a87254005e72..25e4e9091693 100644
--- a/packages/launcher/lib/browsers.ts
+++ b/packages/launcher/lib/browsers.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const browsers: Browser[] = [
     displayName: 'Chrome',
     versionRegex: /Google Chrome (\S+)/,
     profile: true,
-    binary: 'google-chrome'
+    binary: 'google-chrome-beta'
   },
   {
     name: 'chromium',
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/browsers/chrome.coffee b/packages/server/lib/browsers/chrome.coffee
index 5e41ce0e1aaa..a15bbad62788 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/browsers/chrome.coffee
+++ b/packages/server/lib/browsers/chrome.coffee
@@ -185,8 +185,10 @@ module.exports = {
         ## by being the last one
         args.push("--user-data-dir=#{userDir}")
         args.push("--disk-cache-dir=#{cacheDir}")
+        ## TODO: make this a dynamic port
+        args.push("--remote-debugging-port=9222")
 
         debug("launch in chrome: %s, %s", url, args)
-
+        
         utils.launch(browserName, url, args)
 }