Digital Wellbeing
{{Short description|Wellbeing and Monitoring software (Google)}}
{{Notability|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox software
| title = Digital Wellbeing
| developer = Google
| released = {{sda|2018|08|df=y}}
| latest release version = {{nowrap|1.25 (Build 743784977/718567)}}
| latest release date = {{sda|2025|04|07|df=y}}{{Cite web
| url = https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.wellbeing
| title = Digital Wellbeing
| website = Google Play
| access-date = 2025-05-01}}{{Cite web
| url = https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/digital-wellbeing/digital-wellbeing-1-24-738418276-712427-release/
| title = Digital Wellbeing 1.25.743784977 (718567)
| website = APKMirror
| date = 2025-04-07
| access-date = 2025-05-01}}
| operating system = Android
| website = {{URL|wellbeing.google}}
}}
Digital Wellbeing{{Cite web |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=2020-01-21 |title=[Update: 3 more] Google releases new digital wellbeing apps for Android |url=https://9to5google.com/2020/01/21/google-digital-wellbeing-apps-android-experiment/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=9to5Google |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-04 |title=आपके डिजिटल वैलबीइंग के लिए गूगल ने लॉन्च किए हैं ये ऐप्स |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/tech-knowledge/tech-news/news/google-launches-new-digital-wellbeing-apps-01678629.html |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}{{Cite web |date=Jan 21, 2020 |title=Google brings a new feature to Digital Wellbeing on smartphones - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/google-brings-a-new-feature-to-digital-wellbeing-on-smartphones/articleshow/73486766.cms |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Whitham |first=Sophia |date=2021-06-19 |title=How to Use or Disable Android's Digital Wellbeing Dashboard |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/use-or-disable-digital-wellbeing-android/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=MUO |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Google's new research on digital wellbeing needs your data to dig deeper into user behavior and reduce the risks of smartphone addiction |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/googles-new-research-on-digital-wellbeing-needs-your-data-to-dig-deeper-into-user-behavior/articleshow/91760396.cms |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Business Insider}} is a feature on Android developed by Google. It was announced during the Google I/O event 2018 as an approach that would help users learn how to balance their digital lives by tracking how much time they spend on any particular application.
History
Google launched Digital Wellbeing in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Google's New Apps Want to Help You Control Your Smartphone Usage |url=https://www.gadgets360.com/apps/news/google-digital-wellbeing-experiments-unlock-clock-post-box-we-flip-paper-phone-desert-island-morph-d-2121887 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Gadgets 360 |date=24 October 2019 |language=en}} It was introduced as part of Android 9.0 ("Pie").{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2018-09-13 |title=Android 9 Pie, thoroughly reviewed |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/09/android-9-pie-thoroughly-reviewed/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US}} The first stable release was made available in November 2018, exclusively for Google Pixel and Android One devices.{{Cite web |last=Enrique |date=21 November 2018 |title=Google’s Digital Wellbeing app no longer in beta |url=https://www.gsmarena.com/googles_digital_wellbeing_app_no_longer_in_beta-news-34329.php |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=GSMArena |language=en-US}}
Features
Digital Wellbeing is installed via the Google Play Store, and appears as an additional item in the settings app.
Digital Wellbeing includes a dashboard showing the time consumed for each app, the number of notifications received and number of screen unlocks. It also introduces new "Do Not Disturb" and "Wind Down" modes; the latter mode switches the screen to a grayscale mode for a specified start and end night time, to discourage night-time smartphone use.
External links
- {{Official website|https://wellbeing.google}}