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title: "Mobile Redirect for QR Codes and Links by Device Type"
description: "A mobile redirect sends phones, computers and tablets down different paths from one QR code or link. Read on our servers; the visitor sees nothing."
canonical: "https://linkbreakers.com/workflow-steps/device-type-condition"
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# Mobile Redirect for QR Codes and Links by Device Type

> A mobile redirect sends phones, computers and tablets down different paths from one QR code or link. Read on our servers; the visitor sees nothing.

Device Type · Device condition

# A mobile redirect: phones one way, computers another

A mobile redirect sends visitors on phones to one page and visitors on computers to another. The Device Type condition reads whether the visit comes from a phone, a computer or a tablet, on every visit, and sends each down its own path.

[Start free](https://app.linkbreakers.com/workspace/sign-up/wizard?ref=workflow-steps-device-type-condition)[See every step](https://linkbreakers.com/workflow-steps)

What it does

## How the device type is detected

Add an option for each device type you want to handle: Mobile, Desktop, Tablet or Unknown. Each option is an exit on the canvas. Everything else takes Other Types.

The type is read from the browser's own description of itself, its user agent, on our servers, on every visit. The visitor sees nothing.

What you end up with

Phone visitors get the mobile page or the app, computer visitors the full site, from the same link.

Use it when

* A link shared by email and on posters, where phone and computer visitors want different things.
* Sending phones to an app and computers to the website.
* Keeping bots and previews apart: Unknown also catches them.

Worked example

## A link in an email and on a poster

1. 1Put a Device Type condition first with two options: Mobile and Desktop.
2. 2Connect Mobile to the mobile page and Desktop to the full site.
3. 3Connect Other Types, which includes tablets you did not list, to the full site.

People who scan the poster get the phone page, and people who click in their email at work get the full site.

How it fits

## Where the device type condition sits

The condition usually comes right after the scan, and it also works after a page. Each option is a path, and Other Types catches the rest.

[![Mobile redirect by device type in a workflow, as a diagram: a scan or click, then Device Type. Mobile goes to Redirect; Desktop goes to Redirect; Other Types goes to Redirect.](https://linkbreakers.com/images/workflow-steps/device-type-condition/flow.webp)](https://linkbreakers.com/images/workflow-steps/device-type-condition/flow.webp)

The values

## What it can tell apart

Four device types, and a path for everything else.

[![Mobile redirect by device type, every value you can route on: Mobile, Desktop, Tablet, Unknown, and Other Types for everything else.](https://linkbreakers.com/images/workflow-steps/device-type-condition/detail.webp)](https://linkbreakers.com/images/workflow-steps/device-type-condition/detail.webp)

In the dashboard

## Device types and settings

Named as you will find them in the app.

Device Type Options

Each option has an optional rule name and a device type: Mobile, Desktop, Tablet or Unknown.

Add Option

Adds another option, and another path.

### Where visitors go next

One exit per option

Visits from that type of device, checked in order.

Other Types

All other device types.

Works well with

## What to pair with Device Type

[![](https://linkbreakers.com/images/workflow-steps/device-platform-condition/cover-sm.webp)Device PlatformSplit phones further by platform, for the right app store.App store QR code for iPhone and Android](https://linkbreakers.com/workflow-steps/device-platform-condition)[![](https://linkbreakers.com/images/workflow-steps/device-actor-condition/cover-sm.webp)Device ActorKeep bots and link previews out first, since they count as Unknown here.Bot detection for links and QR codes](https://linkbreakers.com/workflow-steps/device-actor-condition)[![](https://linkbreakers.com/images/workflow-steps/redirect/cover-sm.webp)RedirectEach device type ends on its own page.QR code URL redirect](https://linkbreakers.com/workflow-steps/redirect)[![](https://linkbreakers.com/images/workflow-steps/message-page/cover-sm.webp)Message PageTell desktop visitors to scan with their phone.QR code landing page with a message](https://linkbreakers.com/workflow-steps/message-page)

Good to know

## Limits and details

* Options are checked in order and the first match wins.

FAQ

## Mobile redirect questions

How is a mobile visitor detected?

From the description the browser sends with every request, its user agent, read on our servers on every visit.

Are tablets counted as mobile?

Tablets are their own type. Some Android tablets describe themselves like phones and are routed as Mobile.

Where do bots go?

Bots, AI agents and headless browsers count as Unknown.

Learn more

## Guides and examples

* [How to use device conditions?](https://linkbreakers.com/help/article/how-to-use-device-conditions)

## Put a Device Type step behind your next QR code.

Build the workflow yourself, or describe it in one sentence and the AI Assistant builds it. Free plan, no card.

[Start free](https://app.linkbreakers.com/workspace/sign-up/wizard?ref=workflow-steps-device-type-condition)

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