{"id":1826,"date":"2023-04-07T15:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/uncategorized\/what-does-the-useragent-android-mean-in-web-radio-logs\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T21:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:27:31","slug":"what-does-the-useragent-android-mean-in-web-radio-logs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/faq\/statistic\/useragent\/what-does-the-useragent-android-mean-in-web-radio-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the UserAgent &#8220;Android&#8221; mean in web radio logs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the UserAgent &#8220;Android&#8221;?<\/h2>\n\n<p>If the UserAgent <strong>&#8220;Android&#8221;<\/strong> appears in your web radio logs, your stream was played via a device with the <strong>Android operating system<\/strong>. This can be, for example, a:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Smart phone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tablet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smart TV<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or other Android-based device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Depending on the app or browser used by the user, the UserAgent may look different &#8211; but &#8220;Android&#8221; is often clearly recognizable as a component.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does an Android UserAgent look like?<\/h2>\n\n<p>A typical entry in the logs could look like this:<\/p>\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><code>Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; Pixel 4) AppleWebKit\/537.36...<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>This means:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;Android 11&#8221;<\/strong> is the operating system used<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&#8220;Pixel 4&#8221;<\/strong> is the device<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access was probably via a browser (e.g. Chrome)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>If Android appears <strong>solely<\/strong> as a UserAgent, it is often due to simpler players or apps that do not send complete identifications.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does this mean for your web radio stream?<\/h2>\n\n<p>Access with the UserAgent &#8220;Android&#8221; shows that your stream is consumed on <strong>mobile or smart devices<\/strong> &#8211; i.e. where listeners are particularly flexible and on the move.<\/p>\n\n<p>Advantages for you:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your reach includes mobile target groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your stream is compatible on modern devices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can analyze how many mobile listeners you have<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which apps on Android play web radio?<\/h2>\n\n<p>There are many apps that allow users on Android to listen to your stream:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>myTuner Radio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VRadio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TuneIn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XiiaLive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or directly via the <strong>browser or your own apps<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion: Android is for modern listeners on the move<\/h2>\n\n<p>The UserAgent <strong>&#8220;Android&#8221;<\/strong> indicates that your web radio is listened to via mobile or smart devices. This listener group is large, flexible and tech-savvy &#8211; an important part of your reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the UserAgent &#8220;Android&#8221;? If the UserAgent &#8220;Android&#8221; appears in your web radio logs, your stream was played via a device with the Android operating system. This can be, for example, a: Depending on the app or browser used by the user, the UserAgent may look different &#8211; but &#8220;Android&#8221; is often clearly recognizable&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[94,95],"class_list":["post-1826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-useragent","tag-statistics","tag-useragent-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}