Articles about Digital Wellbeing

Google has begun rolling out the latest addition to its Digital Wellbeing app. First spotted by XDA-Developers' Mishaal Rahman in November last year, the Heads Up feature is designed to prevent people from using their phones while walking.

HMD Global has announced that the recently-launched Nokia 8.3 and Nokia 5.3 are first in line to receive the Android 11 update. According to the company, the handsets will get the firmware in the fourth quarter of this year.

Samsung has started rolling out the latest One UI Core 2.1 update for its popular mid-ranger, the Galaxy M31.

The problem of smartphone addiction has been growing worse, thanks to more and more people falling into the mitts of engaging games, social media, and OTT platforms.

A few days back, scientists at the University of Machester shocked the world by claiming that Night Mode, found on most modern-day smartphones, can negatively affect sleep patterns.

A few years ago, several studies indicated that blue light from phones/laptops can affect eye health and sleep patterns.

Samsung has started rolling out the One UI 2 update for its Galaxy S10, S10+, and S10e smartphones in India.

Samsung's phablet-sized flagships, the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+, have started receiving the stable Android 10-based One UI 2.0 update.

After doing an excellent job at updating Pixels from time to time, Google is striving towards releasing new features rather regularly.

As part of its "digital well-being experiments," Google has launched a new Paper Phone to help users get a "digital detox".

The fourth week of October brought some very interesting stuff for tech enthusiasts.

Thanks to social media and instant messaging, people waste a lot of their time glued to their screens.

Android Q, Google's new mobile OS, will arrive as a significant update over the existing Android 9 Pie version.

Google has released a preview of the schedule for this year's Google I/O event - the Mecca for coders and tech enthusiasts.

Though Android Q's release is just months away, many are still waiting for Android 9 Pie to show up on their smartphones.

Huawei would be rolling out its Android Pie-based EMUI 9.0 OS for 9 smartphones, starting November 10.

Days after rolling out Android Pie stable update for Nokia 7.1 Plus, HMD Global has now released the beta version of the update for its recently launched Nokia 6.1 Plus.

In a move that seems inspired by Apple's Screen Time feature, Facebook and Instagram have announced a new set of tools that will enable users to keep a track of how much time they spend on these platforms.

Following on the footsteps of Apple and Google, Facebook has now confirmed that it's bringing a feature akin to Apple's Screen Time and Google's Digital Wellbeing.

At the recently concluded Google I/O 2018 annual developer conference in California, the company rolled out a series of new features on YouTube that will help people control their usage of the video streaming app.