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This involves services like AdRuleService, AdjustmentService, and others. The key actions are defining `targetedDeviceCategories` and `excludedDeviceCategories`. Both fields can include various targeting options like Technology, BandwidthGroup, Browser, DeviceCategory, MobileCarrier, OperatingSystem and others. These options allow for precise control over which devices see specific LineItems. The namespace for this is `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202411`.\n"],null,["# type DeviceCategoryTargeting (v202411)\n\n**Service** \n[AdRuleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/AdRuleService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [AdjustmentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/AdjustmentService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [ForecastService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ForecastService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [LineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/LineItemService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [NativeStyleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/NativeStyleService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [ProposalLineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalLineItemService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) **ProposalService** [PublisherQueryLanguageService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/PublisherQueryLanguageService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [TargetingPresetService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/TargetingPresetService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [YieldGroupService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/YieldGroupService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) **Dependencies** \n[TechnologyTargeting](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.TechnologyTargeting) \n▼\n**DeviceCategoryTargeting**\n\nRepresents device categories that are being targeted or excluded by the [LineItem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ForecastService.LineItem).\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nNamespace\n:\n `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202411`\n\n| Field ----- ||\n|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ### `targetedDeviceCategories` | 1. ` `[Technology](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.Technology)`[]` 1. ` `[BandwidthGroup](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.BandwidthGroup)` ` 2. ` `[Browser](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.Browser)` ` 3. ` `[BrowserLanguage](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.BrowserLanguage)` ` 4. ` `[DeviceCapability](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.DeviceCapability)` ` 5. ` `[DeviceCategory](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.DeviceCategory)` ` 6. ` `[DeviceManufacturer](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.DeviceManufacturer)` ` 7. ` `[MobileCarrier](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.MobileCarrier)` ` 8. ` `[MobileDevice](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.MobileDevice)` ` 9. ` `[MobileDeviceSubmodel](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.MobileDeviceSubmodel)` ` 10. ` `[OperatingSystem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.OperatingSystem)` ` 11. ` `[OperatingSystemVersion](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.OperatingSystemVersion)` ` \u003cbr /\u003e Device categories that are being targeted by the [LineItem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ForecastService.LineItem). |\n| ### `excludedDeviceCategories` | 1. ` `[Technology](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.Technology)`[]` 1. ` `[BandwidthGroup](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.BandwidthGroup)` ` 2. ` `[Browser](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.Browser)` ` 3. ` `[BrowserLanguage](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.BrowserLanguage)` ` 4. ` `[DeviceCapability](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.DeviceCapability)` ` 5. ` `[DeviceCategory](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.DeviceCategory)` ` 6. ` `[DeviceManufacturer](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.DeviceManufacturer)` ` 7. ` `[MobileCarrier](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.MobileCarrier)` ` 8. ` `[MobileDevice](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.MobileDevice)` ` 9. ` `[MobileDeviceSubmodel](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.MobileDeviceSubmodel)` ` 10. ` `[OperatingSystem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.OperatingSystem)` ` 11. ` `[OperatingSystemVersion](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.OperatingSystemVersion)` ` \u003cbr /\u003e Device categories that are being excluded by the [LineItem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ForecastService.LineItem). |"]]
