Smartphone addiction has become a serious problem now. Spending less time on devices is recommended for better mental health. Read more to find How To Manage Time Spent On Android Phone with Digital Wellbeing
Nowadays, almost everyone is spending more and more time on their smartphone. This is not surprising since most apps are designed to keep the users hooked.
While technology has made our lives much easier, the overuse of smartphones and social media has led to many social and mental problems among users.
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Luckily, many tools are now available to help you control your smartphone use. Google’s Digital Wellbeing is a great way to manage time spent on your Android phone.
The useful feature offers information about how you spend time on your smartphone, like how often you unlock it and how long you use each app.
Further, you can use this information to improve your digital well-being. It allows you to set app timers and schedule display changes.
You can easily open Digital Wellbeing as an app in your Settings app and then turn on Show icon in the app list. You will need to set up your profile.
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How To Set up Digital Wellbeing On Android Phone
- Open your phone’s Settings app
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls
- Under “Your Digital Wellbeing tools,” tap Show your data
- That’s it!
How To Manage your time in apps
- Open your phone’s Settings app
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls
- The chart shows your phone use today. For more info, tap the chart :
- Screen time: What apps you’ve had on screen and for how long
- Unlocks: How often you’ve unlocked your phone and opened certain apps
- Notifications: How many notifications you’ve gotten and from which apps
- To get more info or change app settings, tap a listed app
- That’s it!
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How To Limit How Much Time You Spend In An App Each Day
- Open your phone’s Settings app
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls
- Now, tap the chart
- Next to the app you want to limit, tap Set timer
- Choose how much time you can spend in that app. Then, tap Set
- That’s it!
- When you run out of time, the app closes and its icon dims
Note: App timers reset at midnight. To use the app again before midnight, follow steps 1–4 above and delete the app timer.
Some of the above-mentioned steps work only on Android 10 and above. Also, some work and school accounts might not work with app timers.
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