Android POS Terminal: A Comprehensive Guide from Manufacturer

The Android POS (Point of Sale) terminal represents a significant leap in the way businesses handle transactions across various industries. Leveraging the versatile Android operating system, these terminals transform basic sales processing into comprehensive business management tools.

Advantages of Android POS Terminals

1. Flexibility and customization: In the Android system, in order to adapt to various business needs, developers can create custom views, services or broadcast receivers according to business needs. Allows users to change your app's configuration parameters, such as language and display settings, at runtime. Deep customization is possible using the Android Build System (AOSP),

2. Strong stability and multiple data protection mechanisms ensure that data is safe and never lost; supports WIFI/Bluetooth/2G/3G and other communication modes

3. User-friendly interface: When designing the interface of an Android application, the most important point is to ensure user-friendliness. The interface is simple, intuitive and easy to use, making it easy for users to understand and operate the application. Familiar interface elements, clear feedback mechanisms, avoiding information overload, and reasonable default settings can greatly reduce user training time and improve efficiency.

At the same time, the FISCAT Android POS machine has a 14-inch large screen display, ultra-high resolution of 1920X1080, and supports touch screen operation, making it more convenient to use.

4. Integration capabilities: With the development of Internet+, the functions of smart POS machines have also been continuously expanded. From the traditional cashier and receipt function, they can now pay with WeChat and Alipay, receive takeout orders, and swipe ID cards and fingerprints. Wait for member management. The only one that can achieve such comprehensive functions is the Android POS machine. This has a lot to do with the openness of the Android system. Android POS machines also support secondary development and customization functions.

5. Cost-effectiveness: As the market share of android pos machine gradually increases, it is gradually replacing traditional POS, mainly because of the simple and convenient Android system, which can download a large number of applications. While checking out, you can also install other takeout software to perfectly connect with the takeout platform, eliminating the need for multiple system operations, saving time, high compatibility, and first-class cost performance.

Android POS Terminal Features

Hardware specifications: Covers typical hardware features such as touch screen displays, communication interfaces (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC) and peripheral support (printer, scanner, cash drawer).

Software capabilities: Various applications available on the Android platform can be downloaded to Android POS terminals. These applications cover a wide range of industries and are powerful in enhancing business operations such as inventory management, customer relationship management (CRM), and sales reporting.

Security measures: As the number of Android applications continues to increase, application security issues have become increasingly prominent. It has become particularly important to protect the security of applications and user data to prevent security vulnerabilities and data leaks. First, application developers need to focus on authentication and authorization. Strictly verify and filter the input data received by the application to prevent security vulnerabilities caused by malicious input, such as SQL injection, command injection, etc. 

Secondly, data transmission encryption is also an important aspect. In order to protect users' personal information, login credentials and other sensitive information from being stolen or tampered with, secure communication protocols, such as HTTPS, are used to encrypt data transmission between applications and servers. 

Finally, secure storage is to store the user's sensitive information, keys, etc. in a secure storage area, such as Android KeyStore, to protect them from unauthorized access.

Choosing the right Android POS terminal

Users should choose Android POS terminal based on their actual needs.

Here are some references for hardware selection:

Screen size and resolution, processor speed and type, memory size and storage space, as well as network connection method (wired or wireless network), peripheral support (whether a printer, scanner is required...)

From a software perspective, it is necessary to consider whether the operating system version and application program compatibility can be ensured to achieve software compatibility.

The final consideration is price, not just the purchase price but also long-term costs such as maintenance and software fees.

Recommended two Fiscat Android POS terminals

Android POS 14 & Android POS 14 PLUS they are both new launched by Fiscat, the new generation Android POS Terminals, powered by Qualcomm Octa-Core processor, supporting Android 11 with Uniphiz , compatible with various pos software.

14 inches with Ten-point touch screen, 1920*1080px IPS LCD, the response time is only 0.02s which makes operation more smoothly. Advanced fingerprint ID, unlock within 0.5s. 5-megapixel autofocus camera enables AI facial recognition in milliseconds. Camera trust light for constant privacy protection. Whether you require a smart Android-based device, a cost-efficient POS solution, Fiscat Android POS14 can meet your specific demands. 

Android POS 14 PLUS is a new advanced edition of Android POS system, incorporating an additional secondary display and a built-in 3 inch auto-cutter printer. With an ultra-thin aluminum alloy body design to stand out in high-end positioning. The high-quality dual display captures every information you need. Support both receipt and label printing, increases more flexibility for the user. 

All in all, the times are advancing, technology is developing, and people's choices are constantly changing. As a POS terminal manufacturer, we need to keep pace with the times. Not only do our products need to be updated and iterated, but our services must also be innovative. Currently, it has become the mainstream of our company to provide customers with customized design and production. As the most popular product on the market, Android POS terminal has diverse functions that can meet most user needs. Users can also customize it according to actual needs. Design and production, if you have any comments or suggestions about Android POS, you are very welcome to contact us!