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Next up in our Community Spotlight series is Jason Bayton, one of the most knowledgeable voices in this community and the name behind bayton.org, a go-to resource for all things Android Enterprise. Here's a bit more about him.View Jason's profileHow long have you been part of the Android Enterprise Community and why did you join?I've been here since day one, back when the AE community was launched over on the Google Product Experts platform all those years ago. Fun fact, I gifted the androidenterprise.community domain to the team here when this kicked off, having earmarked it for my own projects prior to the community coming together, and I'm very happy I did :)How long have you been working with Android Enterprise? What prompted the start of your journey with the product and what does your day-to-day look like now?I started my Android Enterprise journey officially with Device Administrator management in ~2013, though I'd been all-in on Android soon after it launched with the HTC Dream
Hi everyone,One thing we've always wanted for this community is for it to feel genuinely open to everyone, regardless of where you're based or what language you work in day to day. Our communities (Android Enterprise, ChromeOS + Cameyo and Chrome Enterprise) are a global space, and the conversations happening here shouldn't be gated by language.So we're really pleased to share that we're rolling out Community post translations (powered by Gemini) across our Customer Communities as a first step toward making that a reality. Currently we support translations in English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Portuguese (BR), Spanish, and Italian. If you’d like additional languages added please let us know!The feature allows you to translate a post (or the whole thread) into one of the languages mentioned above. Simply click the “AI Translate All” on the original post or “AI Translate” on an individual reply and choose the language you’d like and let Gemini do the rest. We've also done our h
Hi everyone,We've seen a few threads pop up recently from potential partners or developers looking for help particularly around Android Management API (AMAPI) device quota requests, Partner Program applications and Google Play Protect appeals.It is understandable that you would like to get more information on this, and see the Customer Community as a way to do this, however in order to ensure that the community remains a useful resource for customers setting up and managing Android devices, plus to hopefully direct you towards the information you need, we’ve provided some additional guidance on this areas below.Note: click ‘show content’ for the area relevant to your query.Android Management API (AMAPI) device quota requestsFor context, all initial AMAPI quota requests go through a compliance review in line with our Permissible Usage Policies.That process sits entirely with the internal policy team.As a result of this, here are a few things worth knowing:I’ve hit the AMAPI quota level
Hi folks, It’s time to settle the debate ⚖️ It’d be nice to gauge where this community stands on some of the most important (🤔) daily Chrome browser preferences and work-related debates.Reply below with your answers:Dark Mode or Light Mode? Multi-screens or Split View? Group tabs or pin tabs? Inbox Zero or 10,000 Emails sitting there (some of them starred though)? Coffee or Tea? Milk in your coffee or tea or No milk? Music while working or Absolute silence? Regular desk or Standing desk? Let's see which side wins!
Hey everyone!If you’re not aware, there's a total solar eclipse tomorrow, Wednesday 12 August, and since this community is scattered across a fair chunk of the planet I thought it would be cool to see how much of it we can cover between us. Post your photos in this thread, wonky phone shots very much welcome (let’s face it, most of us will be attempting photography anyway!)Some nerdy info: the path of totality starts up in the Arctic near northern Siberia, runs down through Greenland, clips western Iceland (Reykjavík is in it), crosses the Atlantic and finishes over northern Spain and the far northeastern tip of Portugal, ending out over the Balearics. A Coruña, Oviedo, Bilbao, Zaragoza and Valencia are all in the path. Madrid and Barcelona just miss out.It's the first total eclipse over mainland Europe since 1999, and the first over mainland Spain since 1905, so it's been a while. The longest totality is about 2 minutes 18 seconds, and that's out at sea off Iceland's west coast. In Sp
Hello everyone 👋 My name is Emiliano and I’m part of the Chrome Enterprise Team! You will see me around this Community alongside @Rafa , the Community Manager, and other members of the Team. As we get this space up and running, it feels like the right moment to pause and get to know the people behind the profiles. We’ve all been in those meetings where you’re suddenly asked to share a “fun fact” about yourself, and your mind goes completely blank 🤔 The good news is: no pressure here. You can share as much (or as little) as you’d like, in your own time. I’ll start us off 👇I’ve spent the last 10+ years immersed in enterprise mobility and endpoint management, moving from the EMM world to a TPM role at an OEM before joining Google in 2019. After several years with the Android Enterprise team, I transitioned into my current role as a Program Manager on the Chrome team. For the last four years, I've been deep in the Chrome platform, with a specific focus over the past two years on empo
Hi everyone,How has your week been?Before you reply, let’s take another approach to it as sometimes words just won’t cut it.Taking inspiration from this year’s AE Cafe London event, let’s drop a Gemini generated image in the comment section below that perfectly illustrates how your week at work is going so far. I’ve been pet sitting Caju, my mate’s cat, this week, so I’m leveraging the fact that he has a backyard to work outdoors whenever possible as it’s been quite warm here in London. Here’s my take: Looking forward to see how your week has been going so far 🙃
Hey all,Welcome everybody to a new feature here in our community, the Community Spotlight series, where we'll regularly shine a light and get to know more about our wonderful members! Kicking off the series is @Michel, one of our most active and helpful members when it comes to all things Android Enterprise so much so that you’ll often see him on the Top Contributors section.Grab a coffee (or beverage of your choice) and get to know him a bit better.View Michel's profile How long have you been part of the Android Enterprise Community and why did you join?I believe I've registered pretty quickly after launching, according to my profile it was on July 3rd, 2023. But I wasn't that active in the beginning, I think because there wasn't much interaction and people here. But that all changed in 2024 when I came back with a question, or cry, for help. And from that point on I've never left.How long have you been working with Android Enterprise? What prompted the start of your journey with th
Hi everyone, Something came across my radar this week that I thought was worth bringing here, because honestly it's the kind of thing that'll either make you nod along or give you a mild headache. Possibly both. A new survey from BlackFog of over 2,000 workers at large companies found that nearly half of employees are using AI tools their employer hasn't approved. And it's not just people on the shop floor doing it either. 69% of C-suite leaders and presidents said they're fine with it, basically prioritising speed over security concerns. That in itself is a lot. But the bit that really stood out to me was what people are actually putting into these tools. A third admitted to sharing internal research or datasets. 27%* have entered employee data like salaries or performance info. 23%* have fed in company financial information. Often into free tools, where that data is highly likely being used to train the model. A separate Lenovo study published recently, surveying 6,000 enterprise emp
Hey everyone, Just a quick note to let you know I'll be out of office from 20th July and back on 27th July. I'm heading to Verbier in Switzerland with my brother, so if all goes to plan I'll be back with some good stories (and hopefully all my limbs intact). While I'm away, the community is in very safe hands. @Rafa from the ChromeOS and Chrome Enterprise side will be keeping an eye on things, and @Lizzie will also be around if anything needs her attention. Any posts or messages will be picked up as soon as I'm back. Take care, and speak soon!Kirk
Hey everyone,A few of you have pointed out that our original prediction thread is looking a little out of date, fair point, time for an update.We're down to the final eight now, and it's been a tough few weeks for anyone who backed a co-host. Canada, Mexico and the USA are all out, so that particular home advantage clearly didn't count for much this time round.For those keeping track from the original thread, Brazil and Japan are both out too, so condolences to @Rafa and @Emiliano 😅. Norway is still standing though, so I'll admit to feeling quietly pleased about that one.Same as before, no prizes on offer, just the community bragging rights that come with getting your prediction right. We've put together a new poll below so you can recast your vote based on who's actually still in the running.And if you're in a workplace sweepstake, we'd love to know how your drawn team is getting on. Still alive, or already out and just waiting for it all to be over?Drop your new picks in the comme
(See quarter-final post for a new poll and chance to win!)Hey everyone,We couldn't let it pass without a mention. Turns out Google isn't immune to World Cup fever either. Over the last few weeks we've announced sponsorships with several national teams, starting with Argentina and France and since growing to include Brazil, Germany, the USA and more, so it's fair to say we've got some skin in the game too. For us, that feels like a pretty good excuse to go a little off-side and get into the spirit of things. Whether you're a die-hard supporter who's had your flag up for weeks, someone who only tunes in for the final, or a self-described "I'll watch if it's on" type, the World Cup has a way of pulling everyone in eventually. We're running a quick prediction poll to see who the community thinks is going to lift the trophy. No prizes, no league table, just the very serious matter of community bragging rights. Cast your vote and let's see how our collective wisdom holds up over the next fe
Hi everyone, Whenever a new colleague joins the office, as we are introducing ourselves, we take the opportunity to share a “fun fact” and break the ice.As time went by, we started noticing that some of us tend to reuse the same fact or rotate a selection of those - but what really matters is the intention behind it: making the new teammate feel welcomed and learn something new about each other. So I thought it would be great to do that exercise here in the community! I’ll make a start: I have a small, but well tended and cherished music home studio that I recently used to score an independent short film. Now it’s your turn: what is your fun fact?
Hi everyone, Following on from the previous conversation about the four-day work week, I've been thinking about something that feels like the flip side of the same coin. How we work, but also where we work. Most of us here are probably no strangers to the open plan office. It's been the default for most collaborative spaces for years now. The idea being that fewer walls means more team work, more spontaneous conversations, better team culture. Sounds great in theory. Except the research keeps suggesting it doesn't really work out that way. A Harvard Business School* study tracked employees at two large companies before and after moving to open plan layouts using wearable sensors and communication data. Rather than seeing more face-to-face interaction, they found it dropped by around 70%*. People weren't talking more, they were retreating to email and instant messages instead, because the open environment actually made conversation feel more exposed. And then there's the noise side
Hi everyone, It’s been a busy few weeks at Google! Google Cloud Next kicked things off in Las Vegas at the end of April and we caught the Android Show: I/O Edition together earlier this month, and now the main event is almost here. The Google I/O 2026 keynote kicks off tomorrow, Tuesday 19th May at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST. There are actually three things to put in your calendar this time around. Tuesday 19th kicks off with the big ones:Google keynote — 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST Developer keynote — 1:30pm PT / 4:30pm ET / 9:30pm BSTAnd then Wednesday 20th has a full day of sessions worth bookmarking too, including:What's new in the Gemma open model family — 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST What's new in Android development tools — 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST Defining the agentic AI era — 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST A new era of discovery: AI and the frontiers of science with Demis Hassabis — 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BSTGemini, Agents, and the Agentic Era An epic sounding name for a innovativ
Hi everyone, Thursday seems like a good day to share some thoughts and this has been on my mind recently… There was a big study published last year in Nature Human Behaviour that followed nearly 3,000 employees across 141 companies and six countries through a six-month four-day work week trial. Same pay, one less day. And the results were pretty definitive with: less burnout, better sleep and folks actually enjoying their jobs more. Around 90% of the companies decided to keep it going after the trial finished. Turns out that it wasn't really the extra day off that made the difference. It was that companies had to strip back how they worked just to make it possible. Fewer unnecessary meetings, simpler processes, more trust in people to get things done. The four-day week was almost just the excuse to do what probably needed doing anyway. Which got me thinking about this community, I’m still getting to know you all, but I assume there’s likely a healthy spread in work situations here. For
Hey! Corona has made working from home a common practice for office workers. While some companies have made working from home a standard practice, others have required their employees to return to the office. However, there are people who have to work on site and people for whom traveling is part of their daily business. How about you? Do you spend most of your time working in the office, from home, or a balanced mix of both? Or are you highly mobile because you have to travel a lot? Or maybe something else entirely? I work in a hybrid model and spend about 40% of my time in the office. This has proven to be a good balance between flexibility and direct contact with colleagues. 🙂
Hello everyone, I hope you are well. As some of you already know, we have a slight change in the community team. We have recently bid farewell to Emilie and wish her the very best in her future endeavors.On a brighter note, I wanted to introduce our new Community Manager, Kirk. I know he is eager to get to know everyone, so please join me in giving him a warm welcome to the community. 👏👏👏Alongside me, you will see @Kirk around the community, especially within the Android Enterprise area. If you have any questions or simply want to say hello, feel free to @ mention or DM either of us.Thanks so much,Lizzie
Hey everyone, We’ve looked back at how smartphones changed our lives and the way we work.From enabling remote work to transforming how teams stay connected, it’s clear that smartphones have become the backbone of modern productivity. But what’s next?As we look ahead, smartphones are becoming smarter, more secure, and more essential to how we do business. With AI, advanced device management, stronger security frameworks, and connected ecosystems across phones, tablets, and wearables — the line between “device” and “digital assistant” is quickly blurring.If you’d like more insight about this, please check out the article written by our members at Turquet and at Yann_ROLAND on the introduction of a mobile first/only digital environment, Android-based.How do you see smart devices evolving in the workplace and beyond?I’m looking forward to chatting more on the topic!Thanks,Emilie
Hello everyone, My name is Lizzie and I am the Community Manager here in the Android Enterprise Customer Community. You are probably all use to having the roundtable introductions in meetings and sharing a fun fact about yourself. If you are like me, you then spend the next 30 seconds trawling through your brain to find an interesting fact to share with a group of people...the good news is you are not on the spot here! 😀 This aside, it's really nice in a community to get know others and so it would be fantastic to hear from you! I'll kick us off: I've been working in community for over 10 year across a few different industries. I'm a big fan of music and I play a couple of instruments: so my 'office' playlist is quite an array of tunes I live on an island (it's quite a big one): so when I go to the Google office, I actually have to take a ferry, which sounds quite exotic! Please share a few facts about yourself, (here are a couple of ideas): What type
Hey everyone, It’s Pancake Day in the UK! Whether you’re team lemon & sugar, full-on Nutella, or secretly sneaking bacon into the mix… today is a very important day for questionable food decisions. It’s also a perfect excuse for a mid-day break, a little flipping action, and some serious topping debates with friends, family and colleagues! So, let’s start a real conversation: How do you like your pancakes? What are your favourite toppings? Do you have a tested and adopted game-changing recipe you’d like to share? Looking forward to your answers 👀🤤 Emilie
The Community is a great place for IT admins and business professionals to connect, ask questions, and learn from one another. To make sure you don't miss out on important discussions or announcements, you can customize your notification settings to stay up-to-date. How to get tailored notifications To get notifications for new posts, navigate to the community and category/section you're interested in. Use the top-level navigation to choose your community - Android Enterprise, ChromeOS or Chrome Enterprise - and the drop-down menus to select the right category/section. On the category/section page you will see a ‘Subscribe’ button. This focused approach helps you stay informed on topics like troubleshooting, best practices, or specific product updates without being overwhelmed by notifications from the entire community. Keep track of your subscriptions To stay on top of which sections you follow, you can review your subscriptions. Head to your Community account settings by selecting
Our Best Answer feature helps other community members quickly identify the answer that resolved the issue or helped to answer your query. When you accept a solution, topics with the mark show higher in community search ratings, making it easier for others to benefit from it in the future.It's also nice for the responder to know their reply helped you, so consider adding a thank you comment as well. Step 1: Identify the response that best answers the question and click on the "Mark as Best Answer" button located on the right side of that response. Step 2: Besides the tag on the selected reply, once a response is marked as the accepted solution, it will also be highlighted in green, indicating that it has been picked as Best Answer.
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A very warm welcome to our Community Space! This is for everyone setting up, managing and using Android, ChromeOS, Cameyo and Chrome Enterprise for work. This is your space to connect, learn and discuss. About the Android Enterprise Customer CommunityThe Android Enterprise Help Community launched in 2021 (as part of our Help Center) and with the support of a small, but mighty group of Community Product Experts, has helped to answer thousands of member questions. Our mission is to enable the community to explore areas across the Android Enterprise eco-system such as general discussions, creating tips and guides, attending events, providing feedback... and here we are! 😀 About the ChromeOS + Cameyo Customer CommunityOur main goal has always been to build a platform that's simple and secure for work. However we’ve also been passionate about bringing our ChromeOS and Cameyo customers together to share ideas, get creative, and support each other. So, whether you're looking to dive into gen
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