Digital Wellbeing tools | Google (2024)

Get a view of your daily digital habits.

Android’s Digital Wellbeing tools give you a daily view of how often you check your phone and how frequently you use different apps. You can then set limits with daily app timers, and unplug at night with features like Bedtime mode.

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Android features

• Pause distracting apps and stay focused

  With a single tap, Focus mode pauses apps that you’ve selected to minimize distractions and better focus your time. You can even set a schedule to turn on Focus mode automatically.

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• Set a daily limit with app and site timers

  If you want to limit the time you spend using certain apps or websites, you can set daily timers. When the timer runs out, the app or website is paused for the rest of the day.

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• Customize notifications

  Change notification settings for your Android device or just for specific apps. You decide which alerts you see, what they look like, and how often you see them.

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• Snooze notifications

  Temporarily hide individual or groups of notifications by hitting snooze. Android proactively offers you the ability to snooze alerts that you frequently ignore and temporarily hide specific notifications for as long as you like.

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• Do Not Disturb

  With one tap in your Quick Settings on Android, Do Not Disturb can hide all notifications so you won’t see them on screen.

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• Unplug while your Pixel 3 charges

  With the Pixel Stand wireless charger, you can choose to have Do Not Disturb turned on automatically while your Pixel 3 charges.

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• Bedtime mode

  Bedtime mode reminds you to switch off at night. You can set a schedule or have it turn on while charging your phone. Grayscale changes the screen to black and white, and Do Not Disturb silences notifications to help you get a good night's sleep.

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• Flip to Shhh

  Easily turn on Do Not Disturb by flipping your phone face down. Available on Pixel 2 and 3.

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• Grayscale

  Grayscale turns your screen black and white, reducing the attention-grabbing nature of many app icons.

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• Switch off work

  Turn off your work profile with one tap to pause work apps and their notifications. You can even schedule it in advance to turn on and off automatically.

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YouTube features

• Time Watched profile

  Your time watched profile gives you a closer look at how much time you spend on YouTube, as well as comparisons to previous time periods.

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• Remind yourself to take a break

  Schedule custom breathers as often as you want, pausing what you’re currently watching and encouraging you to step away.

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• Notifications: Scheduled digest

  Now you can get all of your YouTube push notifications bundled into a single notification each day – and choose when you get it.

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• Autoplay control

  Autoplay lets you decide whether or not you want the next video to start playing automatically.

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• Notification quiet hours

  By default, all sounds and vibrations from the YouTube app are disabled between 10 pm and 8 am. You can customize the start and end times to ensure that notifications from the YouTube app are sent silently to your phone during a specified time each day.

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Google Assistant features

• Improve your bedtime routine

  To make falling asleep easier, your voice can activate the customizable Bedtime Routine – set an alarm, dim the lights, lower your music, get tomorrow’s weather, and zzzz.

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• Voice-Powered Do Not Disturb

  With voice-powered Do Not Disturb, Google Assistant lets you tell your phone to silence all notifications and communications.

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• Google Home Downtime

  When your Google Home devices are in Downtime, they won’t respond to most commands or questions. During Downtime, you also won’t receive notifications from your Google Home devices.

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Gmail features

• High-priority notifications

  Turn on high-priority notifications to limit the number of email alerts you receive and get notified only when it’s essential.

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• Auto Reply

  Gmail’s out-of-office auto reply is good for more than just your next vacation. Customize your message to let people know you won’t be able to get back to them right away.

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• Custom tabs

  See new emails at a glance, and decide what you want to read and respond to.

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• Draft now, send later

  Draft an email message as you normally would and schedule it to be sent at the perfect time.

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Family Link features

• Manage apps

  See how much time your kids spend on their favorite apps with weekly or monthly activity reports, and approve or block the apps your kids want to download from the Google Play Store.

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• Set screen time limits

  It's up to you to decide the right amount of screentime for your child. Set daily screen time limits and a device bedtime to help them find the right balance.

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• Lock a device

  Whether it's time to go play outside, have dinner, or just spend time together, Family Link allows you to remotely lock a device whenever it's time to take a break.

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YouTube Kids features

• Blocking

  Find a video or channel you don’t want your kids to watch? Block it to automatically remove it from all of your kids’ profiles.

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• Watch history

  Keep tabs on what your kids are watching 
in the app.

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• Manage video time

  YouTube Kids allows you to set up a timer to put limits on how long your kids can spend watching videos.

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• Search Control

  Turn Search off to further manage your kid’s experience.

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