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How to track if the device is a desktop or a laptop in Google Analytics via Google Tag Manager

  • 1.  How to track if the device is a desktop or a laptop in Google Analytics via Google Tag Manager

    Posted 08-29-2018 11:59 AM
    Introduction:
    How can we discover if a user is visualizing our website using a desktop or a laptop device? At present Google Analytics draws a distinction among mobile devices, tablet and desktop. The latter cluster is not split further into the different devices labeled as "desktop". It can be considered a little bit of an "insane" tracking, but it can be helpful in segmenting users.

    Analysis Overview:

    With this recipe we are going to create an event category "Device" where you have the split between desktop and laptop. If needed, you can also set the value as a Session-level Custom Dimension, so that you can compare different users behaviours depending on the device


    Analysis Benefits:
    Data pulled from this event can be helpful in the case of a website redesign, correlating them with screen resolution and browser dimensions. It could be also helpful to segment users and understand their behavior based on the device used.

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