In these days almost all of us have a dual SIM phone having enough room to run any apps and big pocket of storage builtin with the phone. Most of us have a big list of contacts from school friends to the last new friend that we got today from the railway station! But how to handle all their messages and activities without disturbing our work or job related social accounts? In these days most of us affected with the social mania, the apps that brings updates from our friends, coworkers and useful strangers together. So, may at times, you may have thought about a separate account for your work, for your friends or for your family. You are now chatting, messaging and contacting with everyone with a single Facebook or Whatsapp app. Do you want another Whatsapp account to deal with your coworkers or with your family? Here is the solution:
In your dual SIM phone, you can use the different SIM cards to make calls using separate numbers. The same way, you can send text messages using different phone numbers. But, can you operate two social media app on a single phone? Yes, You can!
Many Phone manufacturers now allow you to create application clones in your mobiles. You can use these dual apps on your dual SIM without many configurations. The name of the feature for cloning apps may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. For some phone, the function is called as ‘App Twin’. Some others it’s called as ‘Dual Apps’.For some, it as ‘Clone App’. Anyways, all these are clone applications to cloen some of the popular apps on your phone. With clone apps, you can clone and run multiple accounts of the same app simultaneously, and use themes to style your unique account. Many apps support running of the two accounts simultaneously and you can switch between them with
Samsung Phones
In Samsung smart phones, go to the ‘Settings’, then to ‘Advance features’, then to ‘Dual Messenger’ (just like the image shown below). You can use two separate accounts for the same messenger app with this Dual Messenger feature. You can create one account for work and one for family and friends. Installing Dual Messenger is pretty simple. One main advantage is both accounts can access the gallery, that makes it easy to share files. With the two SIM cards on your phone, you can use two different phone numbers for one messenger app.
Step by Step
- Go into the Settings then to Advanced features.
- Scroll down and then tap on Dual Messenger.
- A list of apps which are compatible with Dual Messenger will be displayed. Toggle the switch of the app you wish to use a separate account with.
- Read the Disclaimer. Once you have read the Disclaimer, tap on Confirm to continue.
- Tap on Install.
- A second icon for the selected app will appear on your Home screen. You’ll be able to use a different account in the second copy.
- A second icon will be created onto your Home screen. The second icon will have a Symbol on the lower right side of the icon.
XIOMI (MIUI 8/9/10)
In Xiomi phones havinga MIUI 8/9/10 version, goto settings, scroll down to the bottom to find Cloned apps. After entering this option you will find the list of all the apps which can be cloned. Just toggle the button that you want to enable the app to be cloned. Within a second the cloned app will appear on the screen and ready for use. Open the app and register/login with your new account.
Oppo Phones
First go to the settings. Find ‘Clone App’ in the settings. Tap the ‘Clone App’. Now you will get a list of apps which can be cloned. Choose the App which you want to clone. Once you tap the App to be cloned, a new window will open up. Now enable the Clone App.
Vivo Phones
Go to Settings, then to ‘App clone’ and turn on the App clone switch. Then long press the apps icon mentioned. There will be a ‘+’ sign, tap the ‘+’ to clone the app.
Asus Phones
First launch Settings , then goto ‘ASUS customized settings’, then to ‘Twin Apps’. Select the apps that you want to clone by moving its slider to the right, a pop-up notification appears which requires you to wait for a few seconds. Some apps may ask for permission to access the files in your device. When such pop-up dialog appears, tap Allow. Go to the All Apps screen to check all your cloned apps. A badge icon appears on the cloned app icon, that means this app has been cloned.
Huawei Phones
Goto the Settings panel. Tap on App Twin. Flip the switch on the app that you want to clone. On the home screen, locate the shortcut you just made. Tap it to launch it and enter your account details.
Using Play Store Apps
There are a number of apps available on Play store to clone apps. Parallel space is one of such app, this app protects user privacy by making apps invisible on device with the Incognito Installation feature. The users are able to customize themes of their cloned apps and the themes of Parallel Space to style their own space. Parallel Space supports 24 languages, and is compatible with most Android apps. You can run two accounts simultaneously and switch between them fast with one-tap to effective manage different accounts. Get Parallel Space App. There are some similar apps offering same features like Multiple accounts app and dual space app. You can check them and get them from Google Play store: Multiple Accounts App, Dual Space App.
