Hi. I hear OEMConfig’s becoming quite a big deal lately. With so many companies using it, I’ve become a little curious whether I could too. But first, what exactly does OEMConfig do?
@Wyatt. Thank you for reaching out to us!
OEM manufacturers release APIs for new features and device functionalities. EMM providers needed to integrate these APIs into their platforms to make them available to the customers. Thus, OEM manufacturers were greatly reliant on EMM providers.
Once Android released OEMConfig, custom features and new releases could immediately reach the customers. EMMs only need to support the OEM-built application. OEMConfig uses Managed Configurations which allow developers to provide in-built support to configure OEM-specific functions. Thus, all features can be accessed and set up from the OEMConfig app with little or no effort by the EMM.
Hope this gives you a good idea of what OEMConfig does.
Cheers!
Rene Anderson
Hexnode UEM
14 May 2021