How Apps Are Being Used To Curb Screen Addiction
Far too many people, particularly young adults and children, are spending too much time on screens and not engaging with the world around them. We’re currently in an era where children especially will spend hours sitting in front of a screen consuming content, usually videos and games, and this is having huge impacts on development and social skills.
As technology becomes more integral to everything we do, creating the line and balance between screen time and the real world is vital. Technology should be used to improve life, not distract from it and tech giants are becoming more committed to giving everyone the tools they need to develop a sense of digital wellbeing. Life, rather than the technology in it, should remain front and centre.
Whilst it might sound counter-intuitive, Google has recently developed three new apps – Envelope, Screen Stopwatch and Activity Bubbles – which have been designed to reduce screen time. Google’s Digital Wellbeing initiative was launched a few years ago in an attempt to get phone users to take notice as to how often they are on their devices. Although this is slightly ironic coming from perhaps the largest tech company in the world, it is interesting …