When Google officially launched the Android 12 earlier this month, it shared a Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) along with it.
In it, the company stated about a new app coming to Pixel devices and is called Clone Profile. According to its description, the Clone Profile app is able to clone default apps in your phone and let users manage multiple instances of the same service.
Clone Profile in Android 12
Cloning apps isn’t new in the Android community. For a long, people are using third-party apps like Parallel Space to clone eligible apps and run multiple instances for various purposes. Realizing the need, few OEMs like Xiaomi, Samsung, etc have made their own apps based on Android.
While these served the actual purpose, Google hasn’t made anything like that for the native Android community yet. But with Android 12, this could change. As spotted by XDA in Android 12’s Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) , a new service called Clone Profile is coming soon.
I’ve been giving the Android 12 CDD a very thorough read, and I just discovered something quite interesting. Looks like Android 12 quietly added a new profile type called “Clone.” Android seems to finally natively add app cloning support, without the weird work profile hack! — Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) October 18, 2021
