Google Announces ‘Android Enterprise Essentials’ for Small Businesses

Dec. 2, 2020

Googlehas announced a new program that it says will make it easier for small businesses to deploy Android smartphones and tablets. CalledAndroid Enterprise Essentials, it is described by the tech giant as a“lighter, leaner, secure management service”meant to help small companies with tighter budgets better protect and manage their Android devices. It will do so by offering essential security features at affordable prices, said the company on its official blog.

Some of the most notable features included as part of the new program include strictscreen-lockenforcementthat can’t be turned off by employees and analways-on malware protectionfeature that will carry out mandatory scanning and prevent side-loading of apps. Interestingly,all security features will remain in place even when employees reset their devices. These features are activated by default and can’t be turned off by individual employees.

All devices that are part of the new program will come with aremote setupfeature which will ensure that device administrators will be able to activate these devices without having to manually access them one at a time. This will enable remote-workers to start using the devices out-of-the-box irrespective of wherever they are.

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