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user-agentinappbrowsertiktok
Mijeong Won
Mijeong Won

Reputation: 351

What does "ByteLo" mean in user agent?

I am trying to detect if a user is on tiktok in-app browser. Please check the images below.

  1. user agent on tiktok in-app browser from iOS device user agent from iOS device

  2. user agent on tiktok in-app browser from Android device user agent from Android device

From the first image, I can assume that a user is on tiktok in-app browser since there's a word "Btyedance" which is a parent company of tiktok.

Meanwhile, there is a word "ByteLo" in the second image. and I am not sure if it also implies it's tiktok's or if it means something else.

Can I assume if a user is on tiktok in-app browser from the word, "ByteLo"?

Thank you in advance. :)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2166

Answers (1)

Marco Aurélio
Marco Aurélio

Reputation: 2493

Your user agent string is likely getting clipped due to a character limit somewhere along the way. (e.g. in your database, or your HTTP header parsing)

TikTok includes the user's locale (e.g. ByteLocale/en) in the User Agent of its in-app browser web views, which is where the ByteLo is likely coming from.

Upvotes: 0

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