Use jQuery to detect whether a device can make telephone calls (supports “tel://” protocol)

Question

In my website, I have several links like so:

218.111.2222

I want to use jQuery (or

Answer 1

Some limited solution can be a way to detect some pure phones. But not all possible:

(function(a) {
	window.isPhone = /\bi?Phone\b|(?=.*\bAndroid\b)(?=.*\bMobile\b)|(?=.*\bAndroid\b)(?=.*\bSD4930UR\b)/i.test(a);
})(navigator.userAgent || navigator.vendor || window.opera);

console.info('This device %s make phone calls', window.isPhone ? 'is originally intended to' : 'probably can\'t' );