With the launch of Android 5.0, the job profile, a feature that allows us separate our work from our private life, that is, separate business apps and data from apps and personal data, but so far their availability is very limited.
Currently, only managed employees with a corporate identity can activate such a work profile on their devices, but that will change soon. Google has confirmed that from next year Unmanaged Workspace users will also be able to activate the work profile on their Android devices.
The job profile is starting to affect everyone
This change will bring a solution to all autonomous who work alone and do not wish to hire an identity provider which is currently mandatory to activate the work profile on Android. Because there is no point in investing in a personnel management service provider for a single employee.
So starting next year, anyone using Android for business will be able to separate work and personal apps with just one click. The job profile will debut in all Google Workspace accounts but there are plans to expand soon to more identity providers.
A few months ago, Google Workspace started to arrive in the world with a free version, so in theory, any user who activates this free version should be able to activate this work profile on their Android device.
The job profile allows us in our account a personal profile and a work profile, allowing us to duplicate certain applications, to have the personal version and the working version, identifying with a badge which are the working applications. With each profile, our data is kept separately, therefore from the professional profile it will not be possible to access our personal photos, and vice versa, preventing access to our professional data from the personal profile.
Via | Google
