The Built-In Android Phone App Most Users Never Bother To Use (But Should)
Your phone’s most honest app doesn’t even have a home screen icon.
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You probably don't even know how much time you waste every day scrolling social media and fiddling with mobile games. Well, your Android phone has a tool for breaking your scrolling habit and it's probably been sitting untouched in your settings since the day you unboxed your device. Digital Wellbeing, Google's built-in usage-tracking app, has been installed over 10 billion times, yet most people never open it on purpose. It typically shows up without an icon on the home screen, buried in the Settings menu where only the curious ever find it.
That's a shame, because Digital Wellbeing does more than count how many times you've unlocked your phone today. It offers a genuine behavioral snapshot about app usage patterns and notification volume, and gives you tools to help you set boundaries around your screen...
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