You can now quickly switch Gmail accounts on Android with a swipe

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Swipe up or down on the small profile picture in the top right to switch accounts. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

There’s now a simpler way of swiping between Gmail accounts on Android that has long existed in iOS. Android Police reports that as of version 2019.08.18 of the app, you can swipe up or down on your profile picture in the top right of the interface to switch between accounts. Alternatively, you can tap on your profile picture to select from a full list of your accounts, just as you could before.

If this sounds familiar, then it’s because Google has been steadily adding the feature to its lineup of Android apps including, as Android Police notes, Maps, Drive, and Contacts. However, it’s a much more useful inclusion in the Gmail app, because so many people access both their personal and work emails on a single phone and need to flip...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20838091/gmail-swipe-to-switch-accounts-android

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