[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-06 UTC."],[],["DeviceCategoryTargeting defines device categories targeted or excluded by a LineItem. This involves specifying `targetedDeviceCategories` and `excludedDeviceCategories`. Each includes an array of technology-related categories like BandwidthGroup, Browser, DeviceCapability, MobileCarrier, and OperatingSystem. These categories define the types of devices to include or exclude for the associated ad LineItem. This is managed through various services like AdRuleService, ForecastService, and LineItemService, using the `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202502` namespace.\n"],null,["# type DeviceCategoryTargeting (v202502)\n\n**Service** \n[AdRuleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/AdRuleService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [AdjustmentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/AdjustmentService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [ForecastService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/ForecastService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [LineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/LineItemService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) **NativeStyleService** [ProposalLineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/ProposalLineItemService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [ProposalService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/ProposalService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [PublisherQueryLanguageService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/PublisherQueryLanguageService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [TargetingPresetService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/TargetingPresetService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) [YieldGroupService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/YieldGroupService.DeviceCategoryTargeting) **Dependencies** \n[TechnologyTargeting](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.TechnologyTargeting) \n▼\n**DeviceCategoryTargeting**\n\nRepresents device categories that are being targeted or excluded by the [LineItem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/ForecastService.LineItem).\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nNamespace\n:\n `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202502`\n\n| Field ----- ||\n|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ### `targetedDeviceCategories` | 1. ` `[Technology](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.Technology)`[]` 1. ` `[BandwidthGroup](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.BandwidthGroup)` ` 2. ` `[Browser](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.Browser)` ` 3. ` `[BrowserLanguage](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.BrowserLanguage)` ` 4. ` `[DeviceCapability](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.DeviceCapability)` ` 5. ` `[DeviceCategory](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.DeviceCategory)` ` 6. ` `[DeviceManufacturer](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.DeviceManufacturer)` ` 7. ` `[MobileCarrier](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.MobileCarrier)` ` 8. ` `[MobileDevice](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.MobileDevice)` ` 9. ` `[MobileDeviceSubmodel](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.MobileDeviceSubmodel)` ` 10. ` `[OperatingSystem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.OperatingSystem)` ` 11. ` `[OperatingSystemVersion](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.OperatingSystemVersion)` ` \u003cbr /\u003e Device categories that are being targeted by the [LineItem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/ForecastService.LineItem). |\n| ### `excludedDeviceCategories` | 1. ` `[Technology](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.Technology)`[]` 1. ` `[BandwidthGroup](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.BandwidthGroup)` ` 2. ` `[Browser](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.Browser)` ` 3. ` `[BrowserLanguage](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.BrowserLanguage)` ` 4. ` `[DeviceCapability](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.DeviceCapability)` ` 5. ` `[DeviceCategory](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.DeviceCategory)` ` 6. ` `[DeviceManufacturer](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.DeviceManufacturer)` ` 7. ` `[MobileCarrier](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.MobileCarrier)` ` 8. ` `[MobileDevice](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.MobileDevice)` ` 9. ` `[MobileDeviceSubmodel](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.MobileDeviceSubmodel)` ` 10. ` `[OperatingSystem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.OperatingSystem)` ` 11. ` `[OperatingSystemVersion](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/NativeStyleService.OperatingSystemVersion)` ` \u003cbr /\u003e Device categories that are being excluded by the [LineItem](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202502/ForecastService.LineItem). |"]]