Have you been spending too much time on your mobile phone? Sometimes, people don't have control over the use of their own phones, mainly if their work entails a lot of communication outside their workplace. Call, text, email, and messenger alerts come and go, and you cannot do something about it. Here's the good news! There's a specific Google app to help you spend less time on your phone.
As part of its Digital Wellbeing initiative, Google is offering you a wide range of apps to help you manage your time between your mobile phone and other things that matter to you. If your phone is running on the Android system, you can make the most out of these newly launched apps. Among these latest innovations are the Unlock Clock, Post Box, Morph, We Flip, and Desert Island.
5 Apps that Save Your Time
Spending time on your phone may be because of many different reasons. This is also the reason these Google apps are developed to help you find the best, so you can spend more time on things that are more important than your phone. Read on and find out which Google app will help you manage your time between your phone and things not related to it.
- Unlock Clock—This will serve as your assistant as it will help you consider your use of technology by computing and displaying how many times you unlock your mobile phone each day. Once you have the Google app installed, you can find it inside the Wallpapers app of Google. You can have it set as your live wallpaper.
- Post Box—This Google App will help you figure out how you receive notifications on your phone. Instead of unceasingly hitting you with alerts all day, this application will allow you to choose a specific time, or several times through the day when you would like to take all notifications at once.
- Morph—This application, as described by Engadget, "will deliver the exact apps you need at the right time." After the installation of this app, you can pick the specific applications you frequently use in a particular situation. The feature of this Google app is that you can set numerous scenarios like travel, creativity, and work. Specifically, Morph will attempt to forecast the time you want to use those specific apps you set.
- We Flip—This is the app to install if you want to spend more time with other people than your phone. This is a perfect app for you to spend time with family and friends. With We Flip, you can take the initiative to take a break from your phone. It works if all your friends and family members install the same app and together count the time your group has gone without any member unlocking his mobile phone.
- Desert Island—This is the last, but definitely not the least of all the Google apps. This launcher has a different emphasis. Desert Island lets you choose only seven apps to display. All other apps are hidden, but you can still access them from the upper-right icon.
There's no other way to prove the effectiveness of these apps in terms of time saved from using your phone than going further and installing an app or two. Start imposing the time limits on these apps and benefit from Google's latest technologies.
