Securely deploy Android Kiosks and lock phones/tablets in Android kiosk mode using Esper.
Esper’s cloud tools protect public Android kiosks from tampering and misuse, so you can achieve higher performance returns on your kiosk deployments.
What is Android Kiosk Mode and How Does it Work?
What are the Benefits of Esper for Android Kiosks?
Android Kiosk Mode replaces default device settings with custom configurations to create a fully-managed experience from the moment a device boots.
What is Android Kiosk Mode and How Does it Work?
Android Kiosk Mode replaces default device settings with custom configurations to create a fully-managed experience from the moment a device boots.
What are the Benefits of Esper for Android Kiosks?
Esper is the most powerful and scalable solution to create kiosk experiences that map to your customer or employee use case and security requirements.
How Android Kiosk Mode Works in Esper
Android Kiosk Mode is a flexible configuration state available for almost all Android devices with operating system (OS) versions 6.0+, plus some support for OS 4.4 and 5.x.
Esper is built for a variety of single-purpose Android kiosk use cases.
Single-App Kiosk Mode
Pin a single kiosk app to full-screen mode.
Multi-App Kiosk Mode
Lock Android devices to a select number of apps, websites, and usage scenarios.
Custom Configurations
Create safe, productive, and self-serve Android for customers, students, patients, or workers.
Creating Custom Android Kiosk Experiences with Esper
Locking down apps, settings, and user behavior starts with creating a provisioning template in Esper. In a matter of minutes you can define a secure state for your Android device, OS, settings, apps, and user permissions from our cloud console.
Apps
Remotely push apps, version updates, and permissions for Private and Play Store apps.
Status Bar & Notifications
Hide status bar and notification and prevent kiosk mode exits.
Device Settings
Remotely manage network, brightness, touchscreen and factory resets.
Integrate
Close the loop between device and cloud with Esper’s APIs, SDK & CLI.
Device Features
Disable or restrict USB, WiFi, Bluetooth, Camera and sleep mode.
Calls & Texts
Block user access to calls and texts. Or, create custom allowed contacts.
Automate
Advanced DevOps pipelines simplify rollouts and rollback.
Custom Branding
Display your brand with custom load sequences graphics.
Security & Health
Monitor real-time telemetry and user data and create automated responses to risk.
Add New Capabilities
Add peripheral hardware for payments, printing, biometrics, and more.
Browser
Customize SafeSearch user access to allowed and blocked websites.
Location
Define geofencing and network boundaries to auto-lock against theft.
How Esper’s Android Kiosk Solution Stacks Up
100,000+
Kiosk deployments
50+
Custom Android Settings
50+
API Actions
5.0
Average Customer Rating
60%
Average Customer OpEx Savings
Esper’s Android DevOps tools are backed by world-class customer support. Plus, we offer a fully-featured, free pricing tier for fleets up to 100 Android devices.
Esper vs. Kiosk Software vs. Android Mobile Device Management
Today’s single-purpose fleets involve many different usage scenarios and user types. Esper’s flexible infrastructure can simplify virtually all Android single-purpose use cases.
Esper is built to help customers create a future-proof Android management strategy, even as they scale staff and customer deployments. We offer more features and advanced capabilities than most typical kiosk or mobile device management (MDM) solutions.
Features
ESPER
KIOSK SOFTWARE
MDM
Single & Multi-App Kiosk Mode
Partial Support
Support for GMS and AOSP Devices
Partial Support
50+ Kiosk Mode Settings
Partial Support
Fully-Custom Device Configurations
Customize Voice, SMS & Browser
Partial Support
Remotely Provision, Deploy & Debug
Partial Support
Validated Hardware & Peripherals
Track Device Location
Partial Support
Partial Support
Device Telemetry & User Analytics
Partial Support
Partial Support
Custom Alerts & Alert Responses
Partial Support
Cloud Content Management System
Over-the-Air App, Settings & Firmware Updates
*Over-the-air firmware updates available for select Android devices
Android Hardware for Kiosks
Esper offers a wide range of cost-effective Android hardware for kiosk mode use cases across industries, including both validated and enhanced Android. Here are just a few options.