Measures and limitations added to Android to reduce smartphone addiction

At the start of the year, two big
Apple shareholders worried about children's iPhone addiction
hadaddress
a letter to the apple companyabout this.Apple
had repliedpromising to add parental controls
additional features in future iOS updates to allow, between
others, parents to monitor the time spent by their children on a screen
iPhone or iPad.

But Apple is not the only company concerned about computer addiction.
smartphone, in fact, Google on the occasion of its Google I/O conference unveiled
severalmeasures and limitationswhich will be added to
Android forreduce dependence on mobile phones.

This new initiative from Google called "Digital
Wellbeing" integrates several new features into Android
which allowmonitor time spent on smartphone,
and in thedifferent applicationsto know which ones
are the most time-consuming.

Android shows how many notifications were displayed on the screen of the
smartphone ethow many times the device has been
unlocked.

We can also mention a newfunctionality of
limitationwhich allows you to set a custom timer to remind
to the user ofunhook the smartphoneor else
some apps. When the user leaves the app after
having reached the usage limit, the app icon will be
grayed outas a reminder not to reopen it right away.

Finally the function "Don't disturbr" is activated by returning
the smartphone face down on the table and will block everything like notifications,
vibrations, sounds, etc., it is however possible to let
some calls coming from an exception list.

The Apple firm should also make several announcements in this direction
at the next WWDC 2018, because according toMark
Gurman de Bloomberg, in iOS 12 Apple will add new controls
parental controls to monitor how long children use apps and how long
time spent on the device, functions similar to the latest announcements of
Google.

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