# Device detection and review request

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/device-detection-and-review-request/297446>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 1, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/device-detection-and-review-request/297446 "2024-03-01T11:03:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Petr\_Mišák](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/petr_mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k/32/184800_2.png) [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/device-detection-and-review-request/297446/9 "2024-03-07T10:08:59Z")

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> [@Jagster](#):
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> I don’t know anything but traditionally user agent has been the most unreliable way to detect anything, and out there is way too wide variety of those.

I agree, that’s why implementation in Discource core and post-processing could be very useful for many applications.

> [@anon36555649](#):
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> Device information is usually automatically reported if someone is logged in with a google account, and there is an option to login with google account to discourse. Don’t know if google would be able to share that information with the discourse app but maybe that is possible, or you could just do a survey for if people want to volunteer that data or decline to share.

Google knows 100 times more about our websites and users than it is willing to tell us. So that’s not the way I see it going at all.

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