How to Add a New Account on Your Android Phone or Tablet
BY GreenBot Staff
Published 31 Jul 2014
When you first set up a new Android phone or tablet. You’re asked to log in to your account or create a new one. Since this is one of the things you’ll do after you turn on your Android phone for the first time. You may not know where to look if you ever want to add another account. Your account, as you’d expect, connects you to all things. Including Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar, and the search giant’s entire suite of apps and services. Everything is attached to your account. So whether you want to add your work account to your personal phone. Or have a separate account for the kids. It’s easy to add a new account to your device.
It might be different. The Accounts menu takes you to the same place on every Android phone or tablet.
On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings menu, and look for the Accounts option. Depending on your phone brand, the option may be different. But it will always have accounts in the name. Depending on your smartphone or tablet, the number of options and submenus will also vary. The following menu should give you the option to add an account. In stock Android, you can jump directly to the Add account option from the main Settings menu.
Some OEMs offer more account types to add than others.
Tap on add account, setup of add a new account.
Just walk through the steps, following the prompts to log into or set up an account. Just like you would when setting up your device. Now, you’ll have multiple accounts in the app options menus in apps like Gmail Hangouts.
