![]() ![]() Virtualizing Android and giving IT a consistent OS to manage seemed the logical approach. Another reason for the different tactic that Ben Goodman, VMware’s Horizon evangelist, described to ConsumerizeIT’s Colin Steele is that creating an Android solution required finding a way to handle the fragmentation of Android devices and versions. A swarm of flying pigs over every major city is, after all, far more likely than Apple letting VMWare virtualize iOS. The iOS version uses completely different approach – one that is partly borne out of necessity. The catch, VMWare announced Horizon Mobile for Android last year, but still hasn’t shipped it. The result is a completely separate and secure user experience – one that can be managed by IT and wiped off the device without touching personal content. The virtual instance of Android operates independently of the Android instance that is actually installed on the phone – different set of contacts, different apps, different files and documents – even a different phone number. The virtual instance of Android on a mobile phone (or other device) is configured and loaded with Android apps by a company’s IT department. Horizon 8.0.5 iOS: Magic Trackpad not functioning Just updated to Horizon 8.0.5 on iPadOS have been running with my Magic Trackpad for weeks, and was very excited to see the release notes state that 8.0. Horizon Mobile for Android is designed around the concept of virtualizing Android. ![]()
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