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Nice catch, that's a huge step forward. But is that not on the nexus 7?
by acgourley 14y ago
Nice catch, that's a huge step forward. But is that not on the nexus 7?
- stanleydrew 14y agoIt is an Android 4.2 feature so I'm sure it's also on the Nexus 7 and Nexus 4. But those devices are smaller and less likely to be shared so they are not playing multi-user up in those marketing materials I suspect.
- bitcartel 14y agoHopefully it will be available on phones, as a 'Guest' mode would be perfect for lending your phone to someone to make a quick call or text message.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoI could even do with a guest mode that would allow the poor fellow to browse the internet (only on WiFi, even)... :(
- hendi_ 14y agoNope :-( "Available only on tablets.", see http://www.android.com/whatsnew/ http://www.android.com/whatsnew/
- stanleydrew 14y agoWell that's disappointing. I suppose they thought the UI was too confusing to put it on smaller screens?
- Evbn 14y agoThe UI is on the lock screen, so plenty of room. More likely (1) Honeycomb style rush job and (2) "everyone should have their oen phone"
- lambda 14y agoWell, it makes a little less sense on phones, since unless you switch the SIM card, you are still treated as the other person as far as the phone network is concerned. It would be a little odd to be logged in as one person, but the phone network treat you as the other. And since there are features like importing and exporting contacts from the SIM card, those would be more complicated in multi-user scenarios. I think there's a certain sense that a phone is a much more "personal" device than a tablet. While it would probably be possible to add multi-user support, it would be more difficult, and be less useful, than on a tablet.
- jackalope 14y agoWhile I personally find it annoying, I know many parents that hand their phone to their young children to play games or music. Multiuser support is very much in demand on phones, even if it offered nothing more than a safe guest account.
- alykhalid 14y agoWith kid's corner feature in windows phone 8, you can have fine grain control over what the kids have access to.
- estel 14y agoThey probably also thought (understandably?) that the use-case for a tablet is more likely to involve sharing than a phone.
- codeulike 14y agoEither there's some hardware security thing (equiv to ctrl-alt-del interrupt on windows) that is needed, or perhaps they are wary of rolling it out as a universal feature (could be confusing for phone users who update)?
- drivebyacct2 14y agoIt's already being exposed in CM anyway.
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- hkmurakami 14y agoI believe the recent Nexus 7 update was 4.1.2 and not 4.2, so this feature is (unfortunately) still missing for Nexus 7, as others have affirmed.
- pixdamix 14y agoIt may be related to patents: "Why Android Jelly Bean 4.2′s Multiple User Account Switching Is Tablet-Only? (Hint: Nokia Patented It For Phones)" http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/29/why-android-jelly-bean-4-2s-multiple-user-account-switching-is-tablet-only-hint-nokia-patented-it-for-phones/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/29/why-android-jelly-bean-4-2s...