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Google Wellbeing — Helping you look at your devices less
Google is dedicated to building technology that is truly helpful for everyone. Google is committed to giving everyone the tools they need to develop their own sense of digital wellbeing. So that life, not the technology in it, stays front and center.
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Chris Messina
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It's really great to see @TristanHarris's work finally making such a significant impact on Google's products!
Android
Get alerts only when you want them.
Personalize your updates.
Manage your time spent in apps.
Disconnect at night.
Quiet your phone with a simple gesture.
YouTube
Remind yourself to take a break.
See how much you watch.
Combine all your notifications.
Quiet your notifications.
Choose how you watch.
Google Assistant
Just speak to send messages.
Use your voice to control media.
Automate your smart home.
Make Google do it.
Just ask for quiet time.
Make falling asleep easier.
Gmail
Focus on the important stuff.
Streamline your inbox.
Google Photos
Clear the clutter.
Spend less time editing.
Android Auto
Minimize distractions while driving.
Family Link
Manage the apps your kids use.
Keep an eye on their screen time.
Discover nutritious content.
YouTube Kids
Customize your kids’ experience.
Set appropriate time limits for your family.
Google Wifi
Schedule Internet breaks for your kids.
Block inappropriate content.
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@tristanharris @chrismessina Agreed, Tristan's voice is slowly disrupting our robotic addictions to technology. This is extremely refreshing to see Google admitting the need and offering a solution. Now we just need it to be a default on all major players.
This is tech for good, and Google moving beyond its own direct self-interest to focus on the health of its users. I appreciate this.
I run social media and smart phone addition workshops with school children. Unless Apple is bringing a similar suite of features to the next iOS, Google Well-being alone may tempt me away from iPhones.
@mattsmith4u Apple is far more dedicated to user privacy than google is. That’s especially evident in the efforts Apple is making to minimize user tracking in both apps and browser. I use google apps all the time, but google’s entire business is built on the user being the product. This is a PR exercise, little more.
@mattsmith4u @andreasduess Nice try, but although you'd need a Google account for some of the listed apps, this is an Android feature, not a Google feature.
@mattsmith4u don't wait, it's available from Android 4 here: https://play.google.com/store/ap...
@mattsmith4u we already have an app called Instant for both iOS and Android that goes beyond Digital Wellbeing with detailed analytics and all your data remains private on your phone: http://instantapp.today
@mattsmith4u @andreasduess Apple being more focused on privacy (which I agree with) is beside the point, this is about letting users take back control of their screen time by limiting notifications, understanding where time is spent, etc
Facebook could learn a thing or two from this. I recently silenced Messenger notifications and now have an annoying "reminder" at the top of the app to unsilence them.
Really good idea! I did something similar for my final uni project (Digital Disconnect) I'm glad to see companies like Google making creative solutions to help tackle 'digital addiction' (like me ahaha)
@jake_tran That is correct. However, the YouTube features will be part of the app and available cross-platform.
@jake_tran Agreed. Apple needs to catch up on this. But checkout: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
@jake_tran we already have an app called Instant that goes beyond Digital Wellbeing with detailed analytics and all your data remains private on your phone: http://instantapp.today
@jake_tran I haven't seen this roll out yet on the P Beta that I downloaded. My team actually launched a similar app on the same day! Feel free to check us out https://play.google.com/store/ap...
@adrian_carolli You can download the Android P beta (https://www.google.com/android/beta), if you have a device listed on https://developer.android.com/pr....
This is awesome, I've always wanted to make something like this to track the time that I've spent on my phone. When can we expect this to be on the app store?