SkieWhat should I look for in an MDM solution for company Android devices?
Look for device-owner level control, an app allow list, a web filter that stays on the device, location and lost-device tools, roles for different teams, and clear alerts when a device falls out of line. Then check the limits honestly: single sign-on, open interfaces and remote screen support are not on every product, and not yet on Skie.
Start with the level of control. On Android there is a big difference between a management app that asks for permissions and one that runs as the device owner. Under device owner mode the operating system enforces the rules, and the user cannot stop or uninstall the manager. Ask any vendor which mode they use.
Next, check what the rules can actually do. You want an app allow list that removes anything unapproved, a way to hide the Play Store, a web filter that works on mobile data as well as office Wi-Fi, and settings that stop a user resetting the phone from Settings or booting into safe mode. Skie covers these as separate policy switches, set from the organisation down to a group.
Then look at structure. A business with branches and departments needs different rules per group, and roles so a branch head sees only their own devices. Also look at what you are told when something goes wrong: a device that has not checked in, a protection that was changed, a phone that left its zone.
Finally, ask about the missing pieces. Not available yet in Skie: single sign-on, an open interface for your own systems, white labelling, private app uploads, remote screen support and automatic push install. If any of those is a hard requirement today, say so early.
Run a pilot on your own devices and your own network. That is where you learn whether setup, filtering and location behave the way the brochure says.