Device Detection

We’ve improved our device detection accuracy following feedback raised by our customers, and we’re pleased to announce the release of our upgraded algorithm and data files.

The User-Agent reduction has progressed to the final phase. All web device detection solutions that don’t support the User-Agent reduction and User-Agent Clients Hint must now be upgraded if they are to continue to function.

Version 2.6 of the OpenRTB specification introduces the Structured User Agent. This new Object: Device attribute addresses Google’s changes to the User-Agent and the new User-Agent Client Hints.

Google has made preparing for the User-Agent reduction complicated, but 51Degrees provides the tools to make implementing User-Agent Client Hints simple.

The 51Degrees UAParser provides comprehensive device data based on User-Agent Client Hints and the User-Agent, and can reliably detect Apple iPhone models.

The holidays are approaching! Here’s the final bank holiday update of 2022 with an overview of the service update for the next year.

The iPhone 14 range and iOS 16 are now available. We updated our Device Detection ready for the increase of users with these devices and operating system.

If you have not adjusted your systems to support User-Agent Client Hints before the release of Chrome 107 on 25 October 2022, you are likely to encounter a reduction in your device detection accuracy.

The HardwareImages property returns image results in the form of a HTTP link. This blog will show you how to convert these links into HTTPS.

Our users who are upgrading from Version 3 to Version 4 can expect performance differences between the two. We discuss why in this blog.