Apple

12/9/2020 5:00 PM
UPDATE: We now have the iPhone 12 Models!
Our Device Detection solution will instantly adapt your website to all four of the new iPhone 12 handsets!
51Degrees now detects all four new iPhone 12 models. Ensure that your web offerings will be up-to-date and ready to take on these new devices.

10/5/2020 5:00 PM
Apple releases iOS 14 and iPadOS 14
Feature packed with some significant privacy enhancements!
iOS 14 is one of Apple's biggest iOS updates to date, introducing Home screen design changes, major new features, updates for existing apps, Siri improvements, and many other tweaks that streamline the iOS interface.

9/11/2019 3:00 PM
Apple has announced the latest A13 Bionic chip alongside iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.
New iPhones, new innovative features, but only one feature stood out to us, the A13 Bionic Chip. Apple is claiming the new iPhone has the fastest CPU and GPU of any smartphone, let us see why.

9/4/2019 2:00 PM
Upgrade Apple Device Detection
Implement all the latest techniques for iOS 13 iPhone and iPad
51Degrees released the second and final stage of its post iOS 12.2 device detection solution for Apple iPad and iPhone during August 2019 after extensive verification with iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 betas. (iPadOS is formally splitting from iOS in version 13)

8/28/2019 2:00 PM
Granular Apple iOS and iPadOS Device Detection
Combining Benchmarking and Image Hashing
Detecting the precise iPad or iPhone after iOS 12.2 is a bit of a headache, but so important for accurate analytics given Apple's dominance in the tablet and smartphone market. Traditional User-Agent based solutions need to be enhanced with JavaScript.

8/28/2019 2:00 PM
Apple Tracking Solved
iOS 12.2, 13 and iPadOS 13 iPhone and iPad device detection
51Degrees is the demonstrable leader in the field of device detection, continually leading innovation throughout the past decade.
Apple iOS 12.2 threw up a lot of challenges for many industries such as analytics, finance and advertising. As the leader in the field, 51Degrees adopted an open and transparent approach to the development of a solution, publishing research and examples along the way.

6/27/2019 3:00 PM
User-Agents and Device Detection
What are User-Agents and how are they used in the device detection process?
We break down what a User-Agent is, and the most important segments we take from them to identify core components such as operating system, hardware model, and browser.

5/9/2019 3:56 PM
Multi Stage Approach to Apple iOS Device Detection
51Degrees ensure an enduring, accurate and high performance solution to Apple iOS device detection
As you may already know, with the release of iOS 12.2, Apple removed some vital information which allowed device detection solutions to accurately identify Apple devices. You can read more about what changed here.

4/26/2019 9:37 AM
51Degrees Open Sources GPU Renderer Technique to Identify Apple Devices Using iOS 12.2 or Higher
The release of iOS 12.2 at the end of March removed the ability for device detection solutions such as 51Degrees to precisely identify Apple devices. Now 51Degrees open sources GPU renderer technique that can identify Apple iOS 12.2 device models.
51Degrees' GPU render technique allows web developers and analysts to accurately identify Apple Devices once again.

4/2/2019 3:00 PM
Apple iOS 12.2 degrades device detection accuracy
iOS 12.2 removes the GPU model name
The new Apple iOS update has disabled a common GPU based method of achieving precise model granularity.