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How to Detect Windows 11 ​

It's currently impossible to detect Windows 11 only from user-agent data, since most browser vendors are unknowingly cap the Windows version at 10.

Luckily, there is a workaround by utilizing client hints feature:

js
const uap = new UAParser();

let os = uap.getOS();
console.log('Based on user agent: ', os); 
// { name: "Windows", version: "10" }

uap.getOS().withClientHints().then(os => {
    console.log('Based on client hints', os); 
    // { name: "Windows", version: "11" }
});

WARNING

Client hints feature is only supported in Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, etc.). In other browsers like Firefox and Safari, withClientHints() gives no effect to the result, thus it will still be detected as Windows 10.

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UAParser.js v2 is licensed under AGPLv3 or PRO licenses.