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No, this setting randomizes your MAC address between networks, but you keep the same MAC for a specific network. So if you want the network to think you're a new user, you'll need to change this specific network MAC address, and this isn't a setting enabled by default (and oftentimes is not even a setting)


GrapheneOS has per-connection (as an alternative to per-network) randomization which is enabled by default


Android 11 or later allows the choice in Developer Options.




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