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‘Heads Up’ is Rolling Out to More Android Phones

Tim July 19, 2021 5

Heads Up, a part of Digital Wellbeing, is reported to be rolling out to more Android phones thanks to an app update. For Pixel folks, they have had this feature for a bit, but if you're tired of nearly walking into something because your face is buried deep in...

Google Pixel Phones Get “Heads Up” Digital Wellbeing Feature

Kellen April 12, 2021 5

Google's Digital Wellbeing is no longer just that random service on your phone you ignore because it tries to limit your digital addiction. It may now save your life. A new feature arrived on Google's Digital Wellbeing platform this week called "Heads Up." If...

Monday Poll: Do You Use Digital Wellbeing?

Tim December 14, 2020 22

Since its release, I've maybe gone into the Digital Wellbeing section of my phone's settings menu twice, only to take photos of the software for posts such as this. Beyond that, I don't need my phone to tell me I'm looking at Twitter too much. While I get that...

Bedtime Mode Gets New Features, Clock App Integration

Tim June 1, 2020 5

Bedtime Mode, part of Digital Wellbeing, is getting a few changes that Google thinks can benefit us all. When enabled, Bedtime mode keeps your phone dark and quiet, utilizing Do Not Disturb to keep notifications from waking you, while also enabling a grayscale...

Try These 3 New Google Digital Wellbeing Apps

Kellen January 21, 2020

Google is really trying to prove that it wants you to unplug from your phone more, even as our worlds revolve more and more each day around our phones. It's a weird concept from a company that makes money by you using their services, but Google does...

Focus Mode Out of Beta as Part of Digital Wellbeing, Gets New Features

Tim December 4, 2019

Now officially out of beta, Focus Mode is being made available to all supported phones that currently have Digital Wellbeing and parental controls settings, including new phones launching with Android 9 and Android 10. With its exiting of beta, Google detailed...

Google Releases Experimental Apps to Improve Your Digital Wellbeing

Tim October 23, 2019

Google released five new apps to Google Play today, all focused on improving your Digital Wellbeing. Each app is a different experiment of sorts, designed to either help you disconnect a bit or at least better manage everything you consume on your smartphone....

Digital Wellbeing Update Adds Parental Controls

Kellen July 17, 2019

At Google I/O in May, Google announced that it was expanding Digital Wellbeing to include some parental controls in tandem with their Family Link service. An update this morning appears to have added just that, which Google said would arrive at some point this...