How to request desktop sites on iPhone?

Sometimes, you'll want to see how a web page looks on your iPhone or iPad. This can be helpful when you are developing a website and want to check specific details or functionality available only in the desktop version.

Requesting a desktop site is not a mobile feature but an internal feature of the browser. This will allow you to replicate the steps for other browsers quickly.

To request a desktop site on iPhone, we have two approaches:

• Using a native iPhone browser
• Using LambdaTest’s Real device cloud

Using a native iPhone browser

This method is used when you have the browser installed on the system and would like to request the desktop site from it. This method is ideal for users since they will have to deal with this exact scenario in the real world. However, developers and testers should avoid this approach.

We will demonstrate requesting desktop sites on iPhone through the Safari browser.

Following are the steps to request a desktop site on iPhone.

• Open your website on Safari and go to the AA icon.

• Click the Request Desktop Website.

It will load the desktop version of the website on your iPhone.

Using LambdaTest’s Real device cloud

Using LambdaTest, you can test the cross browser compatibility of websites and web applications on over 3000+ real browsers, operating systems, and devices.

With LambdaTest, you can test a desktop site on multiple browsers in minutes. LambdaTest offers virtual testing and a real device cloud for testing mobile web and native apps. It allows you to test across real Android and iOS devices and mobile emulator for browser testing.

Following are the steps to request a desktop site on iPhone using LambdaTest’s Real device cloud.

• Sign up for free and login to your LambdaTest account.
• Navigate to Real Device > Browser Testing.

• Choose iOS, DEVICE TYPE, DEVICE/OS, and BROWSER. To launch the test session, click START.

• Type the web URL for which you want to request the desktop version and press Enter

• Go to the AA icon and select Request Desktop Website.

• This will load the website in its desktop version.

Also learn How to request desktop site on android.