Fight Your Phone Addiction Using advanced Tools in iOS 12 & Android 9 Pie
In the new native tools, Apple and Google are set to offer an interesting feature that will enable users to track their obsession with the mobile phones and application, like how often we spend staring at our screen or unlocking our device or wasting time social media. The testing for the new tool named digital wellbeing in iOS 12 (Available in public beta) and Android 9 Pie (available on Google Pixel devices and Essential Phone). The Android and iPhone pp Developers are keen to come up with such features that take user's interest uniquely.
The Android and iPhone app Development Company are endeavoring to present the user's healthy relationship with their smart devices. In this blog, let's have an insight how users can deploy to initiate a wholesome relationship with their smartphone devices.
Screen Time in iOS 12
Screen Time is the most the common instance that showcases how addicted the user is with iOS 12. However, it doesn't have its own app icon on home screen, well it can be found at the new entry in the setting app.
Thus, on the opening screen, the users can see a breakdown of how the phone has been used, in a broken up categories like entertainment, games, and social media. Well, to re-categorize an app, the user can simply tap the chart, then the app, then the Category heading.
Tapping on the first chart draws detailed analysis that comprises the last week- allowing to make comparisons " how usage has varied from day to day". Tap on an app to view the daily breakdown of usage.
The second screen shows additional useful information: Here, you can see which apps have been used the most, a number of times phone is every day, and which apps are flooded with more notifications (note: users can touch on an app to change its notification settings in iOS).
Isn't it interesting stuff? Automatically organized, however, there is a limited way of customization. It works well for occasionally dipping in to check on smartphone usage, with no configuration or setup required.
Well, back on the front screen of the Screen Time tool, the user can pick different options. For example; Enable Share Across Devices monitors screen time use when installing on iOS. You can further configure Screen Time on connected child accounts via Set Up Screen Time for Family. Well, it's quite common that, when it comes to building your own screen time practices, one can easily break them-as you're setting them up in the first place (it is quite better). To add extra aid to your willpower, tap Use Screen Time Passcode to make it more challenging to modify the settings.
Digital Wellness in Android 9 Pie
Considering the Android side, Android 9 Pie is official, however, the Digital Wellbeing app is still in beta. The user needs to have a Pixel device and Android 9 installed to get beta acceptance.
Digital Wellbeing appears as a new entry inside the Android Settings app, once the user gets into the beta or installed the app. The screens offer the similar type of information as it is displayed on iOS:
First, you take an at-a-glance aspect of how much time has been consumed on the phone today, and on which apps.
Tap on that opening chart to understand beneath. Here, the user can see the Screen time, or the notifications received, and times opened by choosing them from the drop-down menu at the top, with the apps that are responsible listed in order. Thus, Scroll back through the timeline to see whatever day you like.
Conclusion:
Well, right now both iOS 12 and Digital Wellbeing app for Android is technically in beta. But, in the coming months and years, the users can expect improvement and refinements that will change the habit to frequently stare at smartphone, convenience to spend less time.