Android Enterprise vs Legacy Android (Device Admin APIs)

1. Android
Enterprise
vs
Legacy Android
(Device Admin
APIs)

2. Android Enterprise vs Legacy Android (Device Admin APIs)
Criteria Android Enterprise Legacy Android (Device Admin APIs)
Support • Offers consistent set of APIs to control & manage the device & apps.
• Roadmap from Google to add more features to expand capabilities and enable
more management types
• Offers limited set of Device Admin APIs to control & manage the device.
• Google is fully deprecating support for Device Admin APIs by 2019.
Standardization Standardized - Introduced in 2014 with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) version as an
optional solution. Google made it mandatory component for all the GMS-certified
manufactures from Android 6.0 (Marshmallow).
Fragmented – Due to the opensource platform device manufacturers can add
their own flavor of EMM SDK to manage & control the device using OEMConfig.
For Example – Samsung Knox (SAFE), etc.
Updates Security patches & OS upgrade from device manufacturers delivered within 90
days, guaranteed for three years.
Not guaranteed & may take more than 180 days for patch delivery.
Containerization • Provide containerized support at OS level for corporate & personal data
separation.
• Deploy enterprise settings using App configs
• Able to containerize public apps as well
• Partial support for few device manufacturers who has implemented their own
flavor of EMM SDK with containerization support. For example – Samsung
Knox (SAFE)
• Containerization of public apps not available
Compliance Enforcement • Automatically restrict access to the enterprise data, if device is not compliance
with security policies.
• Device level encryption is mandatory
• Location sharing management
• Factory reset protection management
• Screen capture management
• Mobile Threat Detection Service – Play Protect
• Partially supported for few device manufacturers who has implemented their
own flavor of EMM SDK
• Mobile Threat Detection Service – Play Protect

3. Android Enterprise vs Legacy Android (Device Admin APIs)
Criteria Android Enterprise Android Native (Device Admin APIs)
User Experience • Seamless user experience when a configuration is pushed to smart device
• Manage enterprise apps using dedicated enterprise Google Appstore
• Silent apps distribution (install/uninstall)
• Android’s Verify App
• App approval workflow
• App license management
• Auto App updates
• Remote debugging support
• GDPR ready
• Inconsistent user experience for most of the Android devices as each device
manufactures implement their own flavor of EMM APIs
• Silent apps distribution is not available
• No availability for out of the box GDPR readiness
Out of the Box Device On-
boarding
Zero-touch enrolment available for Android 8.0 and above Not available – traditional on-boarding
• Android Enterprise give you the opportunity to host enterprise apps on Google Play as well as on the on-premise.
• One time charge of 25$ is applicable to host enterprise apps on Google Play.
• Corporate users can access Enterprise Google Play store by private channel.
• On-Premise hosting of apps will not: -
• have silent apps distribution
• have auto updates
• have out of the box app license management

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