Lenovo has announced a partnership with Esper Device Management carry an Android operating system into some of its ThinkCentre and ThinkEdge desktops.

The first four Android computers are for emergencies. specific business use. Lenovo specifically mentions retail, hospitality or healthcare, but the products are not limited to these industries. Claiming to see Android on commercial PCs is big news, but Lenovo believes Google’s system offers advantages in certain use cases and meetings “greater flexibility, global knowledge, economy and a large developer pool”.

Lenovo computers running Android

Of course, the installed version of Android is not the one we have in our mobile. It was created by Esper, a company that specializes in this type of release. For starters, it includes a dedicated device management platform that manages and monitors devices. It supports remote deployment and administrators can run updates on devices using the platform.

Esper states on its website that the systems support dual boot. With this, customers can run other operating systems except Android to run older software or devices if needed. Please note that Lenovo also supports Windows or GNU/Linux on these computers.

If Android on PCs is usually used by developers to test their apps and some enthusiasts for testing purposes more than anything else, and on an older device with few resources, Lenovo’s move is something else. The first PC announced, the ThinkCentre M70a, is a 21-inch all-in-one AIO with a touchscreen and offers a choice of Intel processors. up to the powerful Core i916 GB of RAM and PCIe SSD.

There will also be the Android-based ThinkCentre M70q mini-PC designed to mount with VESA mounts behind monitors, and the ThinkEdge SE30, a rugged fanless edge client that will also have a native Android option.

Lenovo Android PCs are niche devices, not consumer devices, and it’s going to be hard for any major manufacturer to bet on a generic line of Android PCs. But welcome as an alternative. offer something other than Windows. Another Linux on the desktop with respect to Android’s FOSS roots.