What's Android Enterprise?

Android Enterprise is a platform within the Android operating system that's meant for business users. With this platform, you can separate business and private profiles on the same smartphone. The business profile will have productivity apps installed. With Managed Google Play, you can make sure the smartphones of your employees are secured. You need a management solution to roll our Android Enterprise.

As soon as Android Enterprise is installed on your smartphone, you can use work profiles. The idea is that you create a separate work and private profile. This way, you can keep business and personal information separate on 1 telephone. The IT administrator manages the business part and has nothing to do with the private profile. Because you'll always have your business and private life at hand, employees don't have to constantly walk around with 2 telephones.

Managed Google Play is the business app store of Android. The apps that you find here are considered safe for business use by Google. In addition, the IT administrator may or may not allow apps or push them to employee accounts. For employees, Managed Google Play works the same as the regular Google Play Store. In short, the IT administrator chooses which apps your employees can or should download. Employees can then download these apps themselves.

As a company, you want your employees to be productive anytime, anywhere. Android Enterprise offers a collection of productivity apps that employees can use on the go. Think of apps like email, contacts, and a calendar with integrated support for Exchange and Notes. It also includes an option to edit documents. You can easily store the documents in the cloud. This way, employees aren't bound to their usual work spaces. All of these apps are pre-installed on the Android Enterprise platform.

Use Android Enterprise on smartphones with Android 5.0 or higher. Today, almost every available Android smartphone has the appropriate software version. Curious which device brands have Android? It's easy enough to remember, because that's every brand except Apple. So you have a wide choice for a smartphone brand, from Samsung to Nokia and from OnePlus to Motorola.