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Google is experimenting on the user profile features in Android 13 for a few changes and improvements

For years, Android has had extensive multi-profile support, which is especially useful on shared devices. However, the function hasn’t evolved much in recent history, and Google appears to forget about it now and then.

Google TV, which is based on Android, didn’t have multi-profile support until October of last year. Fortunately, it appears like a few enhancements and improvements are on the way for Android 13.

Google is now testing new Android 13 user profile features to improve user experience

The second Developer Preview of Android 13 was published last week, and while no profile-related features are enabled by default, a few experimental tweaks are being examined. When the ‘flag user switcher chip’ flag in SYstemUI is enabled, a new profile picker button appears in the status bar, displaying a set of available profiles when tapped.

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Another Android 13 update feature that is in the works is a new full-screen user profile switcher, which will most likely be designed for devices with large screens. The setting option ‘config enableFullscreenUserSwitcher’ may be used to manually enable it.

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There’s also a new settings section for creating user profiles, with many color options to select from if you don’t want to use a profile image.

It’s unclear if the new profile features will be activated for all users in the final Android 13 version, or if Google will hold off until a later release. It’s conceivable that some (or all) of the new features will only be available on tablets, where profiles are most likely to be utilized, but we’ll have to wait and see.

There’s also a profile switcher on the lock screen, which has been in testing since the first Android 13 Developer Preview.

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Runtime permissions for app notifications, better Japanese text wrapping, a new Text Conversion API for languages such as Japanese, COLR fonts, MIDI 2.0, Bluetooth LE Audio, and other modifications are also included in Android 13 Developer Preview 2.

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