How to determine the exact iOS version using Google Analytics

Question

While reading a tutorial on Google Analytics for iOS I wanted to know which version of iOS I was running.

I've googled for phrases like "ios version google analytics" but couldn't find anything useful.

Basically I want to know the number of users running my app on any iOS version, e.g. iOS 6, iOS 7 etc.

I've also checked the Google Analytics documentation, but couldn't find a proper method. The device info on Google Analytics dashboard just shows "iPhone" but does not mention the iOS version.

Is there a way to get the exact iOS version via Google Analytics?

Answer 1

There is a method, go to

Audience > Technology > Browser & OS > The browser version matches the firmware*.

Might not match exactly, but in my experience its more than accurate enough and I am 95% it does match always.

Hope that helps Tushar

Answer 2

So I was looking for a solution here as well. I came across this article by Phillip Studiniski that shows you how to measure the iPhone screens by screen resolution.

https://analytical42.com/2017/detect-and-track-iphone-models-in-google-analytics/

I attempted to go this route. The problem I ran into was that I was just getting a raw output of the screen resolution in GTM, it would look something like this.

{"width":375,"height":667,"ratio":2.0000000454608653}

No problem I thought. I moved this into a RegEx table. Click here to see a sample RegEx for this Once I did this, I was able to properly identify the iPhone version with a variable and then send it to Google Analytics through Google Tag Manager variable.

I then had to update the iPhone models a bit since it has been a while since the article was written. (https://iosref.com/res) This includes the models from 11 to 13.

BOOM! iPhone version now being sent to GA. Hope this helps everyone.