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Device Landscape

The Most Popular Mobile Browsers

A well thought-out mobile strategy needs to take into account many characteristics of mobile users’ behaviour....

Aisling Arundel - 12 May 2025
10 min read
Mobile Web Design

How to Reduce Web Page Weight

This article summarizes the most common techniques that will help you keep your web pages light and lean,...

Aisling Arundel - 11 May 2025
24 min read
User-Agent Parsing

The complete guide to User‑Agents

In our latest whitepaper, learn all about User Agents. Discover how to create and use them to optimize...

Aisling Arundel - 08 May 2025
2 min read
User-Agent Parsing

2025: List of User-Agent strings

A comprehensive list of User Agent strings for the most popular devices in use today. It includes Android,...

Aisling Arundel - 17 Apr 2025
16 min read
Client Hints

What is Linux; Android 10; K?

Discover what "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K)" means in a User-Agent string. A simple guide to understanding...

Tomas Trnka - 25 Mar 2025
6 min read
Device Detection

How to Optimize Mobile Commerce Performance With Real-Time Device Insights

The increasing device fragmentation is a growing headache for e-commerce websites as users can access...

Aisling Arundel - 31 Jan 2025
7 min read
Device Security

The danger of counterfeit devices on public WiFi networks

Public WiFi is an ubiquitous addition to consumer connection options today and is prevalent in coffee...

Isabel Hughes - 16 Jan 2025
3 min read
Device Detection

Device Data for eCommerce in Action

Device Detection can be used to boost your eCommerce success by providing tailored user experiences for...

Aisling Arundel - 21 Dec 2024
2 min read
Reports

DeviceAtlas Discover: shining a light on website traffic

We recently released DeviceAtlas Discover as a free tool to enable businesses to get an immediate view...

John A Leonard - 16 Dec 2024
5 min read
Device Security

The downside of user-agent (UA) switchers for online businesses

User-Agent (UA) switchers, software which allow users to change the user-agent string sent by their browser,...

Kevin Hickey - 15 Nov 2024
6 min read
News & Events

IBC 2024 overview

IBC 2024 was the perfect way to see out the end of Q3 this year—45K+ broadcasting and media enthusiasts...

Isabel Hughes - 14 Oct 2024
3 min read
Mobile Web Design

How to optimize images for mobile with a little server-side magic

Websites are often bloated with heavy images which make browsing on-the-go a very disappointing experience....

Aisling Arundel - 20 Jul 2024
9 min read
Device Detection

The speed imperative—DeviceAtlas and GPUs

DeviceAtlas has some of the world's most demanding customers, and that's just how we like it. A who's-who...

Ronan Cremin - 22 May 2024
3 min read
Device Landscape

Set Top Box Out, Smart TV In?

The cord cutting trend during the mid 2010s resulted in a significant increase in set top box (STB) production...

Isabel Hughes - 19 Apr 2024
5 min read
Mobile Web Design

10 great examples of adaptive web design

Adaptive web design (AWD) is one of the techniques of addressing mobile visitors optimizing their experience...

Pawel Piejko - 27 Mar 2024
6 min read
Client Hints

User-Agent Client Hints - A Year in Review

Google's User-Agent Client Hints have now been rolled out for a year. We will take a look at the impact...

Ronan Cremin - 07 Feb 2024
8 min read
News & Events

DeviceAtlas and IDC cooperate on provision of pricing data to real-time applications and services

Our partnership with IDC provides pricing information about connected devices as part of the results...

John A Leonard - 01 Feb 2024
3 min read
News & Events

Introducing the DeviceAtlas-powered QR code

Provide instant and reliable identification of end user smartphones online. Avoid the use of make/model...

John A Leonard - 16 Nov 2023
4 min read