This is the hidden button that most google apps have and almost nobody knows

Android has almost two decades with us, and In Spain it has positioned itself as the most used operating systemahead of desktop and alternatives such as iOS. Giants like Samsung and Xiaomi have helped it a lot. But the great beneficiary of this is, without a doubt Google.

The California company has achieved that Your applications are pre -installed in the vast majority of mobiles Sold worldwide, except China, and that makes them have a critical mass of brutal users. Therefore, any design or functionality change benefits millions of people, but can also cause discomfort in many people.

One of the elderly took place a while ago, Changing the typical hamburger lateral menu that we saw in the Android interfaces a few years ago for another more compact But also more hidden. This menu was replaced by a button that does not seem: your face.

When we create a Google account we can upload a photo, or we can leave the lyrics that appear blank on the bottom of a striking color. This forms the avatar, which is the way of knowing within an app by the company that we are using our account and not another.

The problem is that in most applicationslike Google Maps, Google Pictures or Gmail, that icon, with lyrics or image, It is also a button. If we press it, a menu will open that shows us several options among which the access to the application settings itself stands out. And it is something that many people do not know.

But not only works as a button. If we have several accounts on a mobile, for example, work or staff, That’s where we can change profiles to see the content of both accounts in the same application. We can press and then select the account. It is useful if we want to have two Google accounts photos not to pay for this service.

But it is also possible to change between accounts with A slide gesture, clicking on the avatar and moving down. This will alternate among all the accounts that we have configured in each of the applications. Obviously it is not mandatory to use all accounts in all apps. For example, Google Maps will surely be used with an account, but perhaps Gmail or Google Photos will have several active profiles.