Pepperl+Fuchs certified by Google as Android Enterprise Silver Partner

As part of the Android Enterprise Partner Program (AEPP), Google partners with companies that optimise their solutions for the management, deployment, and support of Android devices in business environments at a high level. Validated partners receive access to Google resources, tools, and support to better integrate and support Android devices in the enterprise.

The program includes various certifications and categories corresponding to the specialisation and solutions offered by each partner. These include, for example, mobile device management providers, hardware manufacturers, software developers, and system integrators.

The certification for the Android Enterprise Partner Program comprises three pillars that build on each other. The employees of a company, the company itself and its products are certified. For the individual certifications, the global sales teams and application engineers must complete a predefined training program and confirm the respective certificates with an examination.

This certificate consists of three levels: Associate, Expert and Professional. Employees who achieve the certification can call themselves Android Enterprise Associate, Expert or Professional. The training courses cover the entire range of Android-related topics, including mobile device management and security.

Companies may get certified only if the expertise of their employees qualifies them to do so. In order to achieve Silver Partner status, companies seeking certification must have a certain percentage of employee certifications in the various expert groups in each active market. Pepperl+Fuchs has achieved this on a global scale. This means that Pepperl+Fuchs fulfils Androids increased requirements in terms of business, products, service and performance, allowing customers to benefit from numerous advantages.

We are pleased to welcome Pepperl+Fuchs as a Silver Partner in the Android Enterprise Partner Program, says Ken Schutt, director of Android Enterprise Partnerships. By joining the Silver Partner Program, Pepperl+Fuchs demonstrates its commitment to its customers and guarantees that they will receive world-class customer service, support and solutions to help them grow their business.

The third pillar of the certification program relates to the Silver Partners Android products. The certification of products is part of the Android Enterprise Recommended program. Google verifies the hardware and software of the robust mobile devices based on defined requirements and parameters, for example suitability for use in an industrial environment, guaranteed 90-day security updates for at least five years after the start of sales, and further commitments by the manufacturer to at least one OS upgrade, in order to guarantee Googles professional users a comprehensive service package.

The intrinsically safe smartphone Smart-Ex 03 from Pepperl+Fuchs, as well as other product series such as Tab-Ex 03 and Tab-Ex 04 Pro, have received Android Enterprise Recommended certification and forms the basis for future-oriented digital application scenarios in potentially explosive atmospheres.

In the 6-inch Android smartphone, Pepperl+Fuchs combines its global, customer-oriented support with the expertise of its subsidiaries ECOM Instruments as a pioneer in intrinsically safe mobile devices and Aava Mobile as an expert in industrial tablets and wireless technologies. The smartphone with Android 13 operating system meets the latest technical standards such as 5G/5G SA, WiFi 6 and eSIM and is therefore ideally equipped for flexible use in public and private networks of mobile network providers or companies worldwide.

With the successful certification, Pepperl+Fuchs is listed in the Android Enterprise Solutions Directory as a Device Manufacturer. All validated companies can be found there, categorised as Devices, EMM, Device Manufacturer and Mobility Consulting Service.