diff --git a/src/Utils/messages.ts b/src/Utils/messages.ts
index dcd26b2..a257321 100644
--- a/src/Utils/messages.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/messages.ts
@@ -403,4 +403,12 @@ export const extractMessageContent = (content: WAMessageContent | undefined | nu
 	  }
 	}
 	return content
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the device predicted by message ID
+ */
+export const getDevice = (id: string) => {
+    const deviceType = id.length > 21 ? 'android' : id.substring(0, 2) == '3A' ? 'ios' : 'web'
+    return deviceType
+}