Ivanti are pleased to announce that for the release of Android 15, our UEM products are ready for this update. That means our customers can enjoy a smooth transition to Google's latest Android release on Day Zero.
This readiness for the new release is another example of how we continuously bring new functionalities to our products by working with customers and partners. Customers can access Ivanti specific product support for Android 15 on our support page.
Line of business and Android – a new digital era with Ivanti
Business operations around the globe are thriving with Android adoption. Organisations of all sizes are competing in this new digital era and trying to maximise their ROI from the rapid innovation being driven by mobile devices and artificial intelligence, and Android is at the forefront of that.
These companies are striving to achieve higher efficiencies, whether through adoption of AI for operational excellence or by leveraging Ivanti’s capabilities to reduce TCO and improve LOB insights. We see organisations around the world turning to Android + Ivanti for their digital transformation needs. This is because we’ve remained committed to continual excellence and improvement in providing advanced capabilities, privacy and trust on our platform, built from the ground up with security in mind.
We are also thrilled to share that Ivanti is once again recognised as a Google Gold Partner, in addition to having been awarded an Android Enterprise Recommended badge for our product. With the industry recognition, we look forward to helping our customers succeed and building exciting new innovations!
What’s new for enterprises in Android 15
Unlike past releases, Android 15 saw the stock Android Open Source Platform (AOSP) released first. However, many qualifying Google Pixel devices also received the day-one update as Ivanti device management solutions were ready with support. Device manufacturers follow a different cadence for over-the-air (OTA) updates; we recommend IT enforce necessary policies to maintain business continuity and check with vendors for updates and schedules.
Android 15 has several features ranging from improved security to managing AI assist, as well as many enhancements to improve enterprise privacy and control.
Key Android 15 highlights for enterprise include:
Private Space
This is a completely new concept being introduced for the first time on Android 15. Private Space lets users create a separate “space” on their device where they can keep sensitive apps away from accidental or deliberate access of people other than owner of the device, under an additional layer of authentication.
This may seem beneficial for users for their personal apps, but it may come with concerns for enterprises that may have to choose between enabling and disabling this function for their corporate-owned-personally-enabled fleet. For fully managed devices (i.e. organisationally owned without personal profile allowed), Private Space will not be allowed.
Circle to Search
While many of us are still filled with excitement around generate AI, Google has added control to limit features like Circle to Search and Assistant apps from accessing “assist content.”
Introduction of managed eSIM
Android 15 extends the capabilities of Android for eSIM by allowing IT to manage eSIM on capable devices using activation codes. This new capability is expected to help organisations move away from hardware SIMs and prove useful for customers planning to migrate from one service to another.
New security & privacy controls
- On Device Abuse Detection (ODAD) will be disabled to prevent scanning of enterprise developed “in-house” apps. For organisations which may benefit from ODAD, control has been added in Android 15 to enable it for work apps.
- Adhering to NIAP compliance: Android 15 migrates existing backup service audit logging event from logcat to security log
- Near-field communication on Android 15 can be controlled to be disabled all together.
- BYOD privacy improvements: EMM solutions will be prevented from accessing users' personal subscriptions (cellular details), though access to a managed subscription will continue to be available.
Some additional features include: extending screen-brightness control has been extended to WPCOD mode; control to allow embedded or physical SIMs on a device has been made available; the minimum target SDK version for apps has been changed to API 24 (this determines if an app will be allowed to be installed on an Android 15 device); apps which run foreground services for longer than six hours may require changes, and more.
To learn more about what’s new, refer to Google’s page for Android 15.
We’re committed to Android 15 – and our customers
Since we manage some of the world's largest Android deployments, the Ivanti team is always as excited and apprehensive as you may be when a new OS version is released. This is why we provide our customers with a product which allows you to safely and productively adopt any new OS version on Day Zero.
There’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes, but it ensures we’re able to help make every Android release a success for our customers. As we start building support for new customer-centric features on Android 15, we ask that you share your use cases with us and the Ivanti community, and reach out to your Ivanti contacts for any additional information.