Google Rolls Out Multiple Account Sign-in

Posted 08/03/2010 at 2:44pm | by Ryan Whitwam

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If you've got multiple Google accounts, you have probably felt the frustration at bouncing around between them in the web browser. Traditionally, you could only be signed into one at a time in a browser. Now Google is in the process of rolling out multiple account sign-in. To enable this feature, you'll have to go to your account management page. The feature is rolling out slowly, so you might not have it yet.

Just toggle the new Multiple sign-in option to 'on'. You will be able to sign-in with other accounts, and they will be accessible for fast switching from a drop down in the upper right corner of Google pages. The account you sign into the management page will be your default account. For security purposes, if you sign out of a service with any one of your logged in accounts, all accounts will log off.

For now, only Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Reader, Google Voice, App Engine and Google Code are available with multiple sign-in. If you hit a Google site that doesn't support the feature yet, it will use your default account. Is this a feature you've been waiting for as much as us?