  We use the hybrid model of bulk viscosity and generalized chaplygin gas
(GCG), named the viscous generalized chaplygin gas (VGCG) model, which is
thought to be an alternate dark fluid of the universe. We explore the dynamics
of the VGCG model in the framework of the non-metricity $f(Q)$ gravity using
the functional form $f(Q)=\beta Q^n$, where $\beta$ and $n$ are arbitrary
constants. For the purpose of constraining model parameters, we use recent
observational datasets such as Observational Hubble data, Baryon Acoustic
Oscillations, and Type $Ia$ supernovae data. According to our study, the
evolution of the deceleration parameter $q$ and the equation of state (EoS)
parameter $w$ show a transition from deceleration to an acceleration phase and
its deviation from the $\Lambda$CDM model.
