Does my device support touch?
See whether your browser reports touch support and how many simultaneous touch points. Detected live in your browser, nothing uploaded.
Whether your browser reports touch support is shown above, along with the maximum number of simultaneous touch points it claims. We read this from touch-related browser flags and the maxTouchPoints value, which indicates multi-touch capability.
Touch support is trickier to detect than it sounds. Many laptops now have touchscreens, some tablets attach keyboards, and some browsers report touch capability even when no touchscreen is present, so a positive result does not always mean you are using touch right now. It reflects capability, not your current input method.
The better modern approach, which good sites use, is to adapt to how you are actually interacting (pointer type and hover capability) rather than assuming touch means mobile. This page shows the raw capability signal so you can see exactly what a site would read.
What you should know
Why sites collect it
Sites use touch support to size tap targets, enable swipe gestures, choose hover or tap interactions, and decide between touch-friendly and pointer-friendly interfaces. It shapes how usable a page feels on your hardware.
Privacy implications
Touch support is a low-entropy signal on its own, a simple yes or no plus a small number. It contributes to device-type inference and thus to a fingerprint, but it does not narrow you much by itself.
How to change or hide it
There is no direct setting to change reported touch support; it follows your hardware and browser. Requesting a desktop site can change related device signals. This is one of the less sensitive things a site can read.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my laptop report touch support?
Many laptops have touchscreens, and some browsers report touch capability regardless. A positive result means the capability exists, not that you are touching the screen now.
How many touch points can devices report?
It varies by hardware. Phones commonly report 5 or 10, while non-touch devices report 0. The number is the maximum simultaneous touches supported.