Google launches Android Ready SE Alliance to drive adoption of digital credentials • NFCW

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By Tom Phillips ^[2] • 26 March 2021 • Updated 26 March 2021 • nfcw.com ^[3]

Google has joined with secure element (SE) vendors to launch the Android Ready SE Alliance to accelerate the adoption of new use cases for Android devices including digital car keys and mobile IDs.

The alliance is creating and rolling out a set of open source, validated and ready-to-use SE applets for use in conjunction with tamper-resistant hardware, including a general availability version of the Android StrongBox ^[4] for SE keystore implementation.

“It is important to note that these features are not just for phones and tablets. StrongBox is also applicable to WearOS, Android Auto Embedded and Android TV,” Google says.

SE vendors partnering with Google in the new alliance at launch include Giesecke+Devrient ^[5], Kigen ^[6], NXP ^[7], STMicroelectronics ^[8] and Thales ^[9].

“The alliance was created to make discrete tamper-resistant hardware-backed security the lowest common denominator for the Android ecosystem,” Google’s Android Ready SE page for developers explains ^[10].

“Under this alliance, Google and the SE vendors offer a

Google launches Android Ready SE Alliance to drive adoption of digital credentials • NFCW

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