Where is the About screen?
If you need to know which version you are running — for a support call, a compatibility check or an update — About is where it lives, and it is never more than two taps away. We read the settings tree of all 43 systems in the catalogue and recorded where each one keeps it.
What each system calls it
28 of the 43 operating systems in our catalogue have this setting, and between them they use five different labels for it:
| Name on screen | Systems |
|---|---|
| About | 20 |
| About phone | 4 |
| Device Information | 2 |
| About device | 1 |
| System Information | 1 |
The most common is About, on 20 of the 28. If that is not the word on your screen, the table above is the rest of the vocabulary to try.
Where it lives on each system
These are the shortest paths from the first settings screen on the newest release of each system. Every one of them is within two taps of the first settings screen.
| System | Path | Taps |
|---|---|---|
| Android 17 | About phone | 1 |
| BlackBerry OS 10 | About | 1 |
| Firefox OS Firefox OS 2.5 | Device Information | 1 |
| Fitbit OS OS 5 | About | 1 |
| Garmin System 20 | About | 1 |
| HarmonyOS 6.0 | About phone | 1 |
| Huawei Watch HarmonyOS 5 | About | 1 |
| HyperOS 4.0 | About phone | 1 |
| KaiOS 3.0 | Device Information | 1 |
| One UI 9 | About phone | 1 |
| OxygenOS 16 | About device | 1 |
| Windows Phone 8.1 | About | 1 |
| Zepp OS Zepp OS 6 | About | 1 |
| Fire TV Vega OS | My Fire TV › About | 2 |
| Google TV 14 | Device Preferences › About | 2 |
| iOS 27.0 | General › About | 2 |
| iOS 6 6.1 | General › About | 2 |
| iPadOS 27.0 | General › About | 2 |
| macOS 27 Golden Gate | General › About | 2 |
| Roku OS Roku OS 16 | Network › About | 2 |
| Steam Deck SteamOS 3.8 | System Settings › About | 2 |
| tvOS 27 | General › About | 2 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | System › About | 2 |
| visionOS 27 | General › About | 2 |
| watchOS 27 | General › About | 2 |
| Wear OS 7 | System › About | 2 |
| webOS OSE OSE 1.1 | General › System Information | 2 |
| Windows 11 | System › About | 2 |
Each system name above opens the real menu in the simulator, so you can walk the path before you touch your own device.
Why the names came out this way
About is the most reliably placed screen in the whole catalogue. It is always near the bottom of the settings list, always holds the model and version, and is never buried. Vendors know this is the screen support staff ask people to read out loud.
The naming tells you what kind of device you are holding. Phones say About phone, watches say About watch, and the systems that say simply About tend to be the ones that run on more than one shape of hardware.
Find it on your own device
If your system is not in the table, or the label on your screen is different again, there are three ways through it:
- Search every system at once for a setting by name — it looks inside all 43 trees, not just the one you are holding.
- Open your own system in the settings simulator and click to the screen without changing anything real.
- Follow the step-by-step guide to running a software update, or see where that setting lives on every system.
Related settings in the same part of the menu:
- Where is the software update setting?
- Where are the app store settings?
- Where are the printer settings?
All of it comes from the same catalogue: 43 systems, 135 versions, published as an open dataset.
Try it yourself, on the real menusOpen any of 43 operating systems in your browser and walk the Settings tree exactly as it appears on the device. No download, no account.Frequently asked questions
Where is the About screen on most systems?
On 28 of the 28 systems that have it, within two taps of the first settings screen. The most common label is “About”, used by 20 of them. The table above gives the exact path for each system.
Why can I not find it by searching my settings?
Because settings search matches the label your system uses, and there are five different labels in use for this one setting. Searching for the word your previous device used is the single most common reason a setting appears to be missing.
How many systems have this setting at all?
28 of the 43 operating systems we catalogue. The rest either have no hardware for it or fold the behaviour into something else, which is why a feature that feels universal often is not.