Google Timeline - Two Gmail Accounts

[Jamp]

Whilst some might think it intrustive and big brother-ish, I like the Google Timeline feature and have found it useful in remembering/'proving' where I was on a given day, plus I like the idea of it automatically totting up my 'mileage' and number of cities etc and can imagine it being nice to look back on in future (if Google don't pull it like Picasa, iGoogle, etc...)

Anyway my problem is that my work uses Gmail so I have both personal and work account on one phone, which is an Honor (Huawei) 6X. The two accounts seem to randomly claim various Timeline visits so neither Timeline is a full reflection of where I've been. Sometime it goes a week or so with one account claiming all the visits, and one of the accounts claims more than 50%, but I can't identify a pattern as to when and why. Ideally I'd like to merge the two, but at least pick one or the other for future.

I've followed these instructions but like the OP in that thread it hasn't solved the issue. https://support.google.com/maps/forum/AAAAQuUrST8T...

I wonder if I could access the work email and calendar via some portal rather than the direct Google apps and that might make phone to associate my timeline only to the primary google account?

[Tycho]

You could try using outlook for your email and calendar.

[Corso Marche]

Sign into the Google account you want to use for Timeline, and then visit the Activity Controls page in your account settings. Link below, it's safe, but if you're cautious just navigate your way to it once signed in;

https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols/loca...

Turn on Location History. Below that you'll see an expandable menu for your devices. Expand the menu and ensure you only have the devices you actually want to log location switched on.

Then sign into the second account, visit the same Activity Controls for Location, turn it off for that account and deactivate all devices.

Once done open the settings menu on your phone, go to the installed accounts, and choose what you want to sync for each account e.g. for a work account you might just want to sync your mail and calendar and have everything else switched off.