
In addition to those stipulations, some manufacturers may have disabled the user accounts feature on their Android devices-even if they meet the minimum Android version requirement. For users with smartphones, however, you'll need to be running Android 5.0 Lollipop or higher. If you're using a tablet, the user accounts feature became available starting with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
Don't Miss: Android Basics: A Series of Tutorials for Beginnersīefore we begin, it should be noted that this feature is not available on some versions of Android. It's a great way to maintain your privacy while allowing someone else to access your device, and I'll show you how to set it up below. Luckily, though, Android now has a built-in feature that allows you to set up multiple user accounts, which means you can set up a secondary user profile that shares absolutely no data with your own. But the second, third, and fourth times? Now it's starting to become a habit, and something probably needs to be done about it. The first time a friend or family member asks if they can borrow your phone or tablet, you probably just hand it over without a second thought.