When in doubt, your best bet is to actually run your page on a mobile device. For example, the architecture of mobile CPUs is very different than the architecture of laptop or desktop CPUs. There are some aspects of mobile devices that DevTools will never be able to simulate. You simulate the mobile user experience from your laptop or desktop. With Device Mode you don't actually run your code on a mobile device. Think of Device Mode as a first-order approximation of how your page looks and feels on a mobile device. Use Device Mode to approximate how your page looks and performs on a mobile device.ĭevice Mode is the name for the loose collection of features in Chrome DevTools that help you simulate mobile devices.
