As the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a warning label on social media sites, similar to those found on tobacco products, one startup is launching a set of new tools that put the power to fight ...

Track how long you and your kids are staring at screens This article explains how to enable Digital Wellbeing & parental controls on Android 10 and up. It also outlines how to set app timers, Sleep ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

Steppin is the latest app by Kayak's cofounder, Paul English. The app limits phone use by encouraging users to clock steps to unlock screen time. I tried it out for a week, and I noticed it made a ...

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Most of us could probably use some help reducing our dependance on our phones. Digital Wellbeing is the screen time monitoring tool you'll find built into Android phones, and Google has quietly pushed ...

Anu is a Features author at Android Police. You'll find her writing in-depth pieces about automation tools, productivity apps, and explainers. Before joining AP, she used to write for prominent tech ...

The Touch Grass app will block your most distracting apps until you (literally) touch grass. I'm already a fan. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, ...

Few things delight children, or irritate their minders, as much as screen time. Parents nag their offspring to put down their digital devices and pick up a book or a football. Academics such as ...

iOS provides developers with an API to lock apps with Face ID or Touch ID. However, not every app has this option, and there’s no way to completely hide apps from your device. Luckily, “App Lock” is a ...