It has been more than 13 years since Chrome was first launched on Android. Fundamentally, the app has not changed much in all these years: I type a URL and the page loaded. In all these years, however, Chrome has not caught in a major feature with the rest of Google’s apps: several account support.

Most of the official Google apps allowed me to switch quickly between different Google accounts, and they have done so that now for many years, since 2010-2011, to be accurate. Chrome, however, does not allow it for some reason, and it is a restriction of my existence. To fix this, I always install chrome beta (and chrome dev) on myself Android phoneWhy and how I work for myself here.

I am probably not the only person who eat many Google. Many people have at least two – personal and work/schools – and possibly more for other purposes. For me, there is a personal, a task is a job Android authorityAnd a joint one with my husband, which we all use for shared bills, reservation, documents and purchases.

Since the beginning, I have established a clear separation between these three accounts. I do not link them together inside the same chrome profile on my desktop computer; Instead, I use separate chrome profiles that allow me to keep the church and the state private. In this way, my work browsing does not affect my personal recommendations, and my personal data does not work or leaked into my shared joint account.

Bookmarks, browsing history, cookies, cash, default addresses and payment methods, saved logins and passwords – all these are different between each account and profile because they serve completely different purposes.

On my Android phone, however, Chrome only allows me to log into an account and sync all that data. If I want to switch to another account, I can simply not swipe on my avatar and it can roll it between personal, work and joint. No, I have to sign out and then sign in with another account, do what I want, then remember back out and again in the first one. I did this for a day in 2012 and immediately regret it. Then it happened to me: there is also Chrome betaCan I sign in with a different account?

And of course, I was able to keep my personal account connected to my phone to the main Chrome app, and then signed in my work account on Chrome beta. I had a setup at the end which was almost as good as I had on my computer! I can keep my browsing and personal data separate and looks at each profile and knows about me. Excellent.

The app has “beta” in its name, and it means that the bugs should be at least on paper. But in my 10+ years of using both browsers at the same time, I don’t even remember an example where Chrome beta thwarted me. I am sure it is not at all as stable as the main release, and insects, but what I want to say is that it is usually not a “beta” experience in everyday life.

The only hiccup is in handling the link coming from other apps. Say that I am checking a work email and I click on a link, it will open in my default browser, which is chrome stable, ie, on my personal account. So I have learned to copy the URL of the link, manually open chrome beta, and paste it. It is annoying, but it is not annoying as to renounce my privacy by placing all my data in a browser.

In 2017, when I got married and created a joint account with my husband, I removed my task account for low stable of chrome Chrome dev Since I was focusing on a better work-life balance and reduced the use of my phone for work. My new joint Google account with my husband became my main chrome beta account. Dev is bugling something in all these years, but once again, there is nothing that I would say a delivery. If you have even more Google Eat, you can go experimental and assign your least use. Chrome canaryAt this point, expect some more frequent issues and insects.

Unfortunately, the list of Standalone Chrome app stops there, so if you have five or more Google, you will not be able to log in with them all. But four are a good start. Of course, it would be better if Google Chrome can add many profile support, so we do not have to resort to these workarounds, and people with more than four accounts can still keep their browsing data separate. I expected it in 2012-2013, but in 2025, I think Asha has merged and died.

When I mention this multiple-chrome trick in my article Google Apps I always install on my pixelReader Darth warder It is said that he uses this trick for another purpose: to separate his VPN browsing using a VPN app from his regular local browsing that allows tunling per application. I found this attractive and a great way to use these different chrome apps, which to achieve separate browsing requirements, even under the same Google account. For example, you can be a regular example of chrome and another in beta, where you do not allow the browser to allow any permission, disabled the third-party cookies, and choose various settings or flags. It seems very useful, also.