It's 99.8% guaranteed that the next Android OS update will bring multiple user profiles.

Posted by CyberPunk7t9 on September 26, 2012 03:47 pm 13

1) November, 2011

Google's Galaxy Nexus is released with Android OS 4.0, featuring the new Face Unlock functionality.

2) July, 2012

Half-implemented solution for multiple profiles is found in the Google code of Android 4.1 (with the feature disabled).

http://phandroid.com/2012/07/31/code-found-in-jelly-bean-reveals-multiple-user-accounts-are-coming-soon-to-android/

3) September, 2012

Google won a patent on the face-to-unlock functionality, first introduced in Android 4.0.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57506457-94/google-wins-patent-on-face-to-unlock-feature/

4) September, 2012

Google also wins a patent on multiple user support using face-to-unlock so each user can access their own homescreen on the same device based on the authenticated faces.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/04/google-face-unlock-patent/

5) September, 2012 (very recently)

According to GSMarena.com, a tipster of theirs said the next Nexus will run 4.1.2 and will have a new "extra lockscreen functionality".

http://blog.gsmarena.com/the-htc-5-phablet-to-be-the-google-nexus-5/

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