Managing Web Clips

A Web Clip is an app that opens a website from the home screen of a mobile device. By clicking Web Clip icons on the home screen of the device, the user can quickly open websites (such as the corporate website). Web Clips may also pop-up if the user taps and holds the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android app icon.

You can add or delete Web Clips on user devices and specify icons displayed on the screen. Web Clips can be added on both Android and iOS MDM devices.

Managing Web Clips on Android devices

To manage Web Clips on a user's Android device:

1. In the main window of Kaspersky Security Center Web Console, select Assets (Devices) → Policies & profiles. In the list of group policies that opens, click the name of the policy that you want to configure.
2. In the policy properties window, select Application settings.
3. Select Android and go to the Device configuration section.
4. On the Web Clips card, click Settings.

   The Web Clips window opens.

5. Enable the settings using the Web Clips toggle switch.
6. Click Add.

   The Add Web Clip window opens.

7. In the Web Clip name field, enter the name of the Web Clip to be displayed on the home screen of the Android device.
8. In the Website URL field, enter the web address of the website that will open when the user taps the Web Clip icon. The address should begin with http:// or https://.

   If the entered website is forbidden or is not on the list of allowed websites in the Web Control settings of the policy, users will not be able to access this website via the Web Clip.

9. Click Select to specify the image for the Web Clip icon. The PNG, JPEG, and ICO file formats are supported. If you do not select an image for the Web Clip, a blank square is displayed as the icon.
10. Click Add.

    The new Web Clip appears in the list.

    You can modify or delete Web Clips in the list using the Edit and Delete buttons at the top of the list.

11. Click OK.
12. Click Save to save the changes you have made.

Once the policy is applied to a device, the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android app shows notifications to prompt the user to install the Web Clips you created. After the user installs these Web Clips, the corresponding icons are added on the home screen of the device.

If there is no in-app notifications prompting the user to install Web Clips, make sure the Device has not been synchronized with the Administration Server for a long time check box is selected in the Notifications settings of the KES for Android settings section.

The deleted Web Clips are disabled on the home screen of the Android device. If the user taps the corresponding icon, a notification appears that the Web Clip is no longer available. The user should delete the Web Clip from the home screen by following a vendor-specific procedure.

Managing Web Clips on iOS MDM devices

By default, the following restrictions apply to Web Clips:

• The user cannot manually remove Web Clips from the mobile device.
• The corner rounding, shadow, and gloss visual effects are applied to the Web Clip icon on the screen.
• Websites that open when the user taps a Web Clip icon do not open in full-screen mode.

To manage Web Clips on a user's iOS MDM device:

1. In the main window of Kaspersky Security Center Web Console, select Assets (Devices) → Policies & profiles. In the list of group policies that opens, click the name of the policy that you want to configure.
2. In the policy properties window, select Application settings.
3. Select iOS and go to the Device configuration section.
4. On the Web Clips card, click Settings.

   The Web Clips window opens.

5. Enable the settings using the Web Clips toggle switch.
6. Click Add.

   The Add Web Clip window opens.

7. In the Web Clip name field, enter the name of the Web Clip to be displayed on the home screen of the iOS MDM device.
8. In the Website URL field, enter the web address of the website that will open when the user taps the Web Clip icon. The address should begin with http:// or https://.

   If the entered website is forbidden or is not on the list of allowed websites in the Web Control settings of the policy, users will not be able to access this website via the Web Clip.

9. Click Select to specify the image for the Web Clip icon.

   The image must meet the following requirements:

   • Image size no greater than 400 х 400 pixels.
   • File format: PNG, JPEG, or ICO.
   • File size no larger than 1 MB.

   If you do not select an image for the Web Clip, a blank square is displayed as the icon.

   If the selected image has a transparent background, the background will be black on the device.

10. In the Options section, specify the following additional settings:
    1. If you want to allow the user to remove the Web Clip from the iOS MDM device, select the Allow removal of Web Clip check box.
    2. If you want the Web Clip icon to be displayed without special visual effects (rounding of icon corners and gloss effect), select the Precomposed icon check box.
    3. If you want the website to open in full-screen mode on the iOS MDM device when the user taps the icon, select the Full screen Web Clip check box.

       In full-screen mode, the Safari toolbar is hidden and only the website is shown on the device screen.

11. Click Add.

    The new Web Clip appears in the list.

    You can modify or delete Web Clips in the list using the Edit and Delete buttons at the top of the list.

12. Click OK.
13. Click Save to save the changes you have made.

Once the policy is applied, the Web Clip icons in the list you have created are added on the home screen of the user's mobile device.

The deleted Web Clips are removed from the home screen of the iOS MDM device.

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