How to share your android device with more users

Some users will not know that devices with an Android operating system offer the possibility of creating several user profiles so that we can share it with someone. This procedure is very simple and offers us a series of advantages compared to having two different tablets, the first is obviously economic savings.

How to create multiple user profiles on Android

To be able to use several user profiles you need your tablet to have Android 5.0 or a higher version of the Google operating system, if your tablet is below you have nothing to do. This is a function that depending on the customization layer of the ROM of your device, may be more accessible or less, in case the manufacturer has chosen to hide this function you have the possibility of resorting to a third-party application, the best SwitchMe is for this purpose.

SwitchMe has been the leading application in this field before the possibility of creating multiple user profiles natively on Android devices appeared. The downside is that you need your device to be rooted to function.

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In the case of Android 7.0 users it cannot be easier to create several user profiles, just swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen and add a user from the profile icon. A small assistant will guide you through the process.

Enable messages and calls

If you are sharing your device with several user profiles, you can give the other person access to the calling and message sending functions, something that is disabled by default. To do this you have to enter the master account, scroll down with two fingers from the top of the screen, enter profiles, search for the user and activate the option.

From here you can also open the guest mode to lend your device to someone in a timely manner.

Limit access to applications and services

Sharing your device also has the disadvantage that the other person can access everything stored on it, including applications, photos, videos and files. You also have to take into account that the other person applies a new theme or does some customization will affect the entire system.

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To avoid this, you can limit access to applications, files and services with a PIN. To do this you first have to make sure that the option is enabled, you just need to go to Settings - Security and look for the option of the screen lock with PIN to activate it.

To put a PIN lock on an application, just open it, click on the Recent button (the square button on the navigation bar) and swipe from the bottom of the screen. With this you will see a PIN icon in the lower right corner, touch it. To remove the PIN lock from a screen, press and hold Back and Recent at the same time, the phone will send you to the lock screen where it will ask for the PIN key.

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