The POCO M3 Pro 5G made its initial debut at the end of May. Five months post its launch, the device has been now certified by the Android Enterprise Recommended Program. Most importantly, it is the first-ever POCO smartphone to receive such a certification.

Lately, almost all the popular Mi (Xiaomi) and Redmi-branded handsets from the Xiaomi group have been receiving Android Enterprise Recommended Program certification. Hence, it is not surprising to learn that POCO has also joined the bandwagon.

However, it is interesting to learn that the cheaper POCO M3 Pro 5G is the first to get the certification instead of the POCO F3. Perhaps, the latter model will be also joining the list in the near future.

For those unaware, the Android Enterprise Recommended program by Google helps enterprises to select devices from a vast catalog. These handsets and tablets have a suitable hardware and software update policy to support them longer.

The POCO M3 Pro 5G is the brand’s most affordable 5G smartphone. It is probably the only highlight of this phone other than its capable MediaTek Dimensiy 700 SoC. Apart from these two factors, we can consider its 5,000mAh battery as one of its pros.

In a nutshell, if an enterprise is looking for a cheap 5G smartphone with long battery life, the POCO M3 Pro 5G should be one of their options.

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Last year, the OnePlus 8  became the brand’s first smartphone to get certified for the Android Enterprise Recommended Program. This handset was soon followed by the expensive OnePlus 8 Pro and mid-range OnePlus Nord to join the initiative. Now, months later, OnePlus’ most affordable handsets ever are also part of this program.

After the OnePlus 8T launch, Chinese phone maker OnePlus announced its first-ever budget smartphones in the form of OnePlus Nord N100 and OnePlus Nord N10 5G respectively. As their name suggests, the former is limited to 4G but the latter comes with 5G connectivity.

Being budget devices, they don’t pack heavy specs to boast about. In fact, these smartphones pale in comparison with handsets from other Chinese OEMs. Worst of all, OnePlus has only promised a single Android update and two years of security patches.

For those unaware, the duo debuted with OxygenOS 10.5 based on Android 10 when Android 11 was already official. Hence, they will be only receiving a single major update to Android 11-based OxygenOS 11 sometime later this year after the OnePlus 7 series, OnePlus 7T series, and OnePlus Nord.

Despite all of these shortcomings, the OnePlus Nord N100 and OnePlus Nord N10 5G have been certified for the Android Enterprise Recommended (AER) program. Unlike the consumer models, the devices part of this initiative will be receiving security patches up until January 2023, which happens to be a few more months than the regular variant of these phones.

Anyway, both the consumer and enterprise versions will be getting a single major system update to OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11.

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The Android Enterprise Recommended (AER) program from Google is an initiative that certifies Android handsets for use in enterprise or business sectors. Now, the Samsung Galaxy S21 and the Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite have also joined the list of certified devices.

According to an XDADevelopers report, the two smartphones are now a part of the AER program that features over 150 handsets from multiple major brands like Motorola, OnePlus, OPPO, LG, and more. To be certified, every smartphone must meet a certain set of requirements, like meeting a minimum hardware specification, receive regular Android security updates after 90 days of release with up to 3 years of patches from Google, and other criteria.

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Back in 2020, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy S20, and Galaxy Tab S7 received the AER program certification, after receiving the Android 11 update. Now, the South Korea tech giant’s latest flagship has also joined their ranks for business use. Hiroshi Lockheimer, SVP of Platforms & Ecosystems at Google stated that “For those of you interested in using the S21 for work, you’ll be pleased to learn that it’s an Android Enterprise Recommended device.”

Notably, Google’s Enterprise Solutions Directory has yet to list any of the three Galaxy S21 series models, although, the same was seen for the previous year’s certified models. Alongside the Galaxy S21, the Xiaomi MI 10T Lite also received AER certification for enterprises. The smartphone was launch back in September 2020, and is now a part of the enterprise approved list from Google. It is the only second non Android One device from the Chinese company to receive the AER certification, following the Redmi Note 9 Pro from last year.

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OnePlus offers some of the best smartphones in the market. This year, the brand has so far launched three handsets namely OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and OnePlus Nord. The first handset is now certified for Android Enterprise Recommended. Whereas, the latter two phones will be also receiving certification soon.

Google introduced Android Enterprise Recommended program in February 2018. The motive of this program is to create a list of certified recommended devices for enterprises. OnePlus phones have never been part of this program. But the company targeted to change it this year and it succeeded in achieving it.

As of writing this, the program includes a total of 182 smartphones. Out of which, one of them is OnePlus 8. However, the brand confirmed to XDA Developers that OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus Nord will also be added to the list soon.

The Android Enterprise Recommended program or AER for short requires certain hardware and software criteria. These three OnePlus handsets more than meet the requirements with their heavy specifications and regular system updates.

We believe future OnePlus handsets will be also enrolled in this program, thanks to the brand’s growing popularity in the US with carrier partnerships.

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