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Responsive Design Checker

Paste any URL and instantly see how your website looks on 20 real iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac screen sizes β€” no installs, no signup.

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Note: some websites send an X-Frame-Options header that blocks embedding. If a preview stays blank, that's the site refusing to load here β€” use "Open in new tab" instead. Full explanation below.

How to Use This Responsive Design Checker

This responsive design checker loads your live site inside an iframe sized to the exact CSS viewport of a real device, so what you see is genuine rendering β€” not a screenshot or a mock-up. Three steps:

What Is a Responsive Design Checker?

A responsive design checker is a browser tool that renders your website at the precise viewport widths real devices use, so you can find layout problems without owning every phone. Instead of dragging your browser window and guessing, you get accurate widths β€” 393px for an iPhone 15 Pro, 412px for a Galaxy S24 Ultra, 1366px for a common Windows laptop.

That accuracy matters because CSS media queries fire at specific pixel widths. A layout that looks fine at 400px can collapse at 393px if a breakpoint sits between them.

Google's Mobile-Friendly Test Is Gone β€” What Replaced It

If you came here looking for Google's old checker, it no longer exists. Google retired the Mobile-Friendly Test tool, its API, and the Search Console Mobile Usability report on 1 December 2023, pointing site owners to Lighthouse instead.

Google was clear that this doesn't make mobile usability less important β€” it remains part of page experience guidance, and mobile-first indexing means Google reads the mobile version of your page to decide how you rank. What went away was the single yes/no verdict, not the requirement.

There is no one-for-one replacement. Different tools now answer different questions:

ToolWhat it answersWhen to use it
This checkerDoes my layout break at real device widths?While designing and after every change
Lighthouse (Chrome DevTools)Performance, accessibility, SEO and best-practice auditBefore launch, and for diagnosing scores
PageSpeed InsightsLighthouse lab data plus real-world Chrome UX field dataWhen you need field data, not just lab results
Search ConsoleCore Web Vitals and indexing issues for your verified siteOngoing monitoring of a live site

Practical order: use this tool first to catch visual breakage in seconds, then run Lighthouse for the performance and accessibility side. Layout problems are faster to spot with your eyes than in an audit score.

Why Does the Preview Show a Blank Screen?

Because the site you entered is refusing to be embedded. This is the single most common issue with every responsive checker, and it isn't a bug in the tool.

Websites can send an X-Frame-Options: DENY or SAMEORIGIN header, or a Content-Security-Policy frame-ancestors directive, telling browsers not to display them inside another page. It's an anti-clickjacking protection. Google, Facebook, X, most banks and many SaaS dashboards all set it.

You can't work around it from the browser, and any tool claiming otherwise is taking a screenshot on a server rather than rendering live. Your options:

Device Screen Sizes Reference

These are CSS viewport widths, which is what your media queries actually respond to β€” not the marketing resolution on the spec sheet. A phone advertised as 1179Γ—2556 pixels reports 393Γ—852 CSS pixels to your stylesheet.

DeviceCSS viewportCategory
iPhone SE375 Γ— 667Small phone β€” the width most likely to break layouts
iPhone 15 / 15 Pro390 Γ— 844 / 393 Γ— 852Standard phone
iPhone 15 Pro Max430 Γ— 932Large phone
Galaxy S24 Ultra412 Γ— 915Large Android
Google Pixel 8412 Γ— 892Standard Android
iPad Mini768 Γ— 1024Small tablet β€” a classic breakpoint boundary
iPad Air820 Γ— 1180Standard tablet
iPad Pro 12.9"1024 Γ— 1366Large tablet
Windows laptop1366 Γ— 768Still one of the most common desktop widths
MacBook Air 13"1280 Γ— 800Small laptop
Desktop 1080p1920 Γ— 1080Standard desktop monitor

Breakpoints worth testing every time

If you only have time to check four widths, check these β€” they catch most real-world breakage:

Layout Problems This Tool Catches

Running a mobile view test before you publish catches the issues that quietly cost conversions:

Preview Testing vs Real Device Testing

Being straight about this: a viewport preview is not identical to holding the phone. Here's what it does and doesn't cover.

 This preview toolReal device
Layout at exact widthsAccurateAccurate
Media query behaviourAccurateAccurate
Touch and scroll feelNot simulatedReal
Safari / mobile browser quirksUses your desktop engineReal engine
Real load speed on 4GNoYes
Speed to test 20 sizesSecondsImpractical

Use this tool for the fast feedback loop while you build. Do a final pass on at least one real iPhone and one real Android before launch, because Safari's rendering engine differs from Chrome's in ways no desktop preview reproduces.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this responsive design checker free?

Yes, completely. There's no signup, no test limit and no account. The preview runs in your own browser, so we never load or store the sites you test.

Why is my preview blank or showing an error?

The site is sending an X-Frame-Options or CSP frame-ancestors header that blocks embedding β€” an anti-clickjacking protection. No browser-based tool can bypass it. Use "Open in new tab", or Chrome DevTools' device toolbar, which isn't affected.

What happened to Google's Mobile-Friendly Test?

Google retired it, along with the Mobile-Friendly Test API and the Search Console Mobile Usability report, on 1 December 2023. Google now points site owners to Lighthouse. Mobile usability still matters for rankings β€” only the standalone tool went away.

Is this the same as Google's mobile-friendly test?

No. This shows you how your layout renders at real device widths. Google's retired tool gave a pass/fail verdict based on tap targets, font size and viewport configuration. For that side of things, run Lighthouse in Chrome DevTools alongside this preview.

Can I test a localhost or staging site?

Staging sites work if they're publicly reachable. A localhost URL won't load, because your browser resolves it against the machine running the page, not your dev server. Use Chrome DevTools' device toolbar for local work.

Which screen size should I design for first?

Start at 375px wide and work upward. Designing mobile-first means the tightest constraint is solved first, and widening a working layout is far easier than rescuing a desktop layout that collapses on a phone.

Does mobile responsiveness affect SEO?

Yes. Google has used mobile-first indexing universally since 2024, meaning it crawls and ranks based on your page's mobile version. If content or links are missing or unusable on mobile, that's the version Google judges you on.

Why do the sizes here differ from my phone's advertised resolution?

Phone specs quote physical pixels; CSS uses logical pixels. An iPhone 15 Pro has a 1179Γ—2556 physical screen but reports 393Γ—852 to your stylesheet, because it packs three device pixels into each CSS pixel. Media queries respond to the CSS value, which is what this tool uses.

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