This page provides an overview of the enterprise APIs, features, and behavior changes introduced in Android 16 (API level 36). Some of the new enterprise features and updates in Android 16 are described in the following sections:
Thread networks
Android 16 adds a control to block the use of Thread networks. See
UserManager.DISALLOW_THREAD_NETWORK for details.
NFC management
IT admins can enable or disable NFC on the device. See NfcAdapter.enable
and NfcAdapter.disable for details. Android 16 also adds a control to
prevent users from making changes to NFC settings. See
UserManager.DISALLOW_CHANGE_NEAR_FIELD_COMMUNICATION_RADIO for details.
App Function controls
Admins can choose to set a AppFunctionManager policy, which
controls app functions operations on the device. An app function is a piece of
functionality that apps expose to the system for cross-app orchestration. See
AppFunctionManager for more information on app functions, and
DevicePolicyManager.setAppFunctionsPolicy for available policy options.
App Functions is a
beta/experimental preview feature.
Changes to enterprise setup flow
We're making changes to the enterprise setup flow - for devices that are
connected to the internet during setup - to reduce the number of screens and
taps and improve education and consent. While this change does not depend on
AOSP changes in Android 16, it will be available to Android 16 devices, and we
plan to begin rolling it out around a similar timeframe to the Android 16
launch. Once the rollout is complete, these changes will be present in
enterprise setup regardless of OEM, EMM, IDP or management mode. Since there are
no dedicated education screens and since education will only be shown during
loading time and require no user interaction,
EXTRA_PROVISIONING_SKIP_EDUCATION_SCREENS becomes redundant and will be
ignored.
Auto time and timezone
New methods are available for enabling a DPC of a fully managed device or a work
profile on company-owned device to control whether time and time zone should be
obtained automatically from the network or not. See
DevicePolicyManager.setAutoTimePolicy and
DevicePolicyManager.setAutoTimeZonePolicy for more details.