Hi,
I'm in the process of switching from my early and (t)rusty OnePlus One (sic!) phone to GOS on a Pixel 9a.
So far I'm very pleased with what I can see and understand!
Also, reading the FAQs, feature list and many (forum) articles, I've come to realise how little I know about Android.
Differentiating what's native Android (and AOSP) features and what’s GOS only also takes some time.
So, from what I understood, we’d be pretty safe with just using GOS in its standard configuration and won’t bother with user profiles, Private Spaces etc.
Nonetheless - and for my personal peace of mind - I toyed around with user profiles, Private Spaces, permissions etc. - it’s pretty impressive.
Doing so, there are also implicit redundancies: what are they?
That’s what I grasped:
- Any application I use in multiple profiles is individually installed in the resp. profile with its individual settings, permissions etc.
- That’s also valid for Private Spaces, I assume.
- Data, like contacts, photos etc. can’t be shared between user profiles, so getting a call while being in a rarely used profile potentially would result in an ‘unknown number’ display.
- But we can copy’n’paste between a Private Space and an application on the same user profile.
Did I miss something?
I realise too many profiles and Private Spaces can be cumbersome and are potentially unnecessary.
But at least for testing applications and settings this is great!
Thanks, pm.