Blogs
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1/9/2023 1:30 PM
Countdown to G-Day: Phase 6 of the User-Agent reduction
This is a fundamental change that will affect device detection as you know it
Chrome 110, due for release on 1 February 2023, will be the first Chrome version that has information removed from the mobile and tablet User-Agents. In essence, you will not be able to tell the difference between different mobile or tablet device models.
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1/5/2023 2:15 PM
51Degrees: 2022 recap
Google's changes to the Chrome User-Agent dominated our year
As we begin a new year, let's look back at what 2022 had in store for 51Degrees.
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12/15/2022 2:30 PM
Service update for 2023
Updates for December 2022 leading into 2023
The holidays are approaching! Here’s the final bank holiday update of 2022 with an overview of the service update for the next year.
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12/5/2022 12:45 PM
Countdown to G-Day: <deviceCompat> and <unifiedPlatform>
Within the User-Agent reduction, Google has a new format for Chrome User Agent strings
Google is pressing ahead with the User-Agent reduction. From February 2023, Google will reduce the information within Chrome mobile and tablet User-Agent strings. Device information will only be available through User-Agent Client Hints.
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11/9/2022 12:45 PM
Image optimization: the easy and free way
An alternative solution to using an image Content Delivery Network
This blog explains the reasons for optimizing your images and presents just one approach that can be used to serve next generation image formats to compatible browsers.
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10/27/2022 1:00 PM
Apple iPhone 14 range and iOS 16
You’ll see the new Apple products in your device detection results
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.
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10/18/2022 3:15 PM
Countdown to G-Day: Phase 5 of the User-Agent reduction
Chrome 107 is the first Chrome version to contain reduced platform information within desktop User-Agents
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.
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10/12/2022 3:45 PM
Learn Client Hints webinar transcript
This is a transcript of our webinar from 28 September 2022
The webinar, and this transcript, serves as an extensive history into why Google are reducing the User-Agent in favor of their own creation, User-Agent Client Hints.
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10/6/2022 4:30 PM
Legacy device detection algorithm freely available in Europe
51Degrees announce that our legacy pattern device detection algorithm, used in our Version 3 product, can be implemented by anyone in Europe without needing to seek prior permission from 51Degrees.
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10/4/2022 2:30 PM
Events to attend in October 2022
Come and meet James Rosewell and see the future of publishing
This month, James will be attending numerous events. First, he’ll be speaking at the AOP Publishing Tech Talk in London, before hopping across the pond to Adexchanger’s Programmatic IO and the Sitecore Symposium.