- Experiment ID
2026-05-device-form-factor-indicators- Experiment Type
- apex / user
- Previous Treatments
- Analysis Summary
- Shows device-type icons in voice/video device lists for microphones, speakers, and cameras.
- Why It Matters
- Device icons can reduce wrong microphone, speaker, or camera selection before a call starts.
- Detailed Description
- This UI experiment adds form-factor icons to rows in the device picker.
- In the Canary chunk, useDeviceMenuItems reads showDeviceFormFactorIndicators and supplies leadingAccessory plus leftIcon, helping users distinguish similarly named input and output devices.
- Focus Area
- Device picker UI
- Importance
- medium
- Config Keys
- showDeviceFormFactorIndicators
- Default Config
{
"showDeviceFormFactorIndicators": false
}- Variations
{
"1": {
"showDeviceFormFactorIndicators": true
}
}- Previous Default Config
- Previous Variations
- Signals
- Locations
- UI IDs
- Linked Commands