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Dedicated devices are enterprise hardware units built for a single purpose, often used in various industries such as retail, restaurant, hospitality, healthcare, finance, and education. These devices are characterized by their specific set of functions, which include being used for a single use case, running a restricted number of apps, and being persistent and mission-critical - always on. Android provides a useful definition of dedicated devices as company-owned devices that fulfill a single use-case, allowing admins to further lock down the usage of a device to a single app or small set of apps. The primary factor underlying all dedicated devices is the code that runs on them, which creates an abstraction layer for managing that code and requires components such as touch or voice-based interaction, application software preloaded and connected to the enterprise backend, hardware optimized for the application running on it, and cloud-based device management. With the rise of dedicated devices, businesses can deploy over 200 million devices by 2024, and companies like Esper are enabling developers and enterprises to build, deploy, and manage dedicated devices through their Android dedicated device platform.