How to Use Android's Digital Wellbeing

On Android handsets, Digital Wellbeing is a useful yet underappreciated function. You may utilise Digital Wellbeing on Android to limit phone distractions and make better use of your time. According to Google, the function aids in the management and understanding of how you use technology, as well as the development of better habits. It also allows you to create parental controls, allowing you to keep track of and limit your child's screen time. This guide goes over all of the features in great depth. Let's look at how to use Android's Digital Wellbeing feature.

What Is a Digital Wellbeing Dashboard and How Does It Work?

The Digital Wellbeing Dashboard displays how much time you spend on your smartphone, which apps you use the most, and how often you unlock your phone. It keeps track of all your phone activity, including alerts. It also comes with a number of tools to help you stay focused and productive while using your smartphone.

Here's how to get to the dashboard and see your screen time statistics.

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.

2. Open Digital Wellbeing & Parental Controls by scrolling down.

In a circular graph, you may see screen time for today, including the top used apps. To get a detailed screen time bar for past days, tap on the dashboard.

How to Set App Screen Time Limits

You can establish a daily restriction if you feel particular apps are eating up too much of your time. The steps to do so are outlined below.

1. Go to Digital Wellbeing & Parental Controls in Settings.

2. Go to Dashboard and choose it.

3. Select an app.

On an Android smartphone, set an app limit in Digital Wellbeing.

4. Set the hours and minutes on the App Timer.

5. To set the limit, press OK.

When an app's limit has been reached, the app will be disabled. Using the same settings, you can eliminate the time limit or grant more time.

How to Set Website Screen Time Limits

If you tend to spend a lot of time on certain websites, you may set a time limit for them in Digital Wellbeing.

1. The same Digital Wellbeing and parental control settings may be found here.

2. Go to the Dashboard page.

3. Scroll down to the browser you're now using.

4. Show sites you've visited by tapping Show sites you've visited.

5. In the popup, select Show.

6. Choose a website and enter the desired hours and minutes.

Set a Website Limit in Android's Digital Wellbeing

The site will be blocked once the time limit has expired. You can return to the same settings to extend the time restriction or remove it entirely.

When It Comes to Digital Wellbeing, How Do You Use Focus Mode?

When working on something important, you don't want to be distracted by apps and their notifications. Fortunately, Focus mode can assist you in this situation. If any social networking apps, for example, are interfering with your job, you can halt such apps and their notifications as needed. The steps to enable Focus mode are as follows.

1. Parental control settings and digital well-being.

2. Toggle Focus Mode on and off.

3. Choose apps that will keep you occupied.

1. At the top, select Create a Schedule.

2. Set the days and times as appropriate, then press the Set button.

You can choose Turn On Now instead of setting a schedule if you want this mode to start running right away. When Focus Mode is enabled, the apps you've selected become greyed out, preventing access.

This feature can also be added to the Quick Settings panel for easier access. To do so, select Add a Quick Settings shortcut from the three-dots menu in the top right corner.

How to Make Bedtime Mode Work for You

While you're in bed, bedtime mode turns your phone's screen black and white and silences it. Here's how to put it to use on your phone.

1. Open the settings for Digital Wellbeing and parental control.

2. Toggle on the Bedtime mode.

3. Tap according on the timetable.

4. As needed, set the time and days.

If you want it to run only while your phone is charging at night, you can select While charging at sleep. You may also set this feature to not change your phone into a black and white display or to silence it.

Turn off Do Not Disturb and Greyscale under the same Bedtime mode settings by tapping customise.

How to Give Your Child Parental Control

If your child has been spending too much time on their smartphone recently, you may use Digital Wellbeing on your Android to set up parental limits. It will allow you to keep track of how much time kids spend on screens and which applications and services they utilise the most.

1. Open the settings for Digital Wellbeing and parental control.

2. At the bottom of the screen, tap Set up parental controls.

3. In the next step, select Get Started.

4. Choose Parent from the drop-down menu, then press Get Family Link.

You'll be taken to the Google Play Store to get Google Family Link. Download and install it and then follow the on-screen directions in the same parental control settings.

How to Display the Digital Wellbeing App in the App Store

You can access the dashboard with only a few taps if you add the Digital Wellbeing app to your app list.

1. Open the same Digital Wellbeing and parental control settings.

2. Toggle on Show icon in the app list by scrolling down.

You can find the Digital Wellbeing app in the app drawer/list, and you can later add it to your home screen.

Disabling the Digital Wellbeing Dashboard

You can disable Digital Wellbeing Dashboard's tracking across applications and websites if you don't want it to. Here's how you can use Digital Wellbeing to manage your data.

1. Set up Digital Wellbeing and parental controls.

2. In the top right corner, tap the three-dot menu.

3. Manage your info by tapping on it.

1. Turn off all of your devices on a daily basis.

2. To confirm, go to Settings and select Turn off.

Make sure that after you turn it off, all of your Digital Wellbeing data is erased within 24 hours. When you turn it back on, the dashboard will only show the data from the device storage for the previous ten days.

With Digital Wellbeing on Android, you can keep technology and life in check.

Digital Wellbeing tools are intended to assist you in taking control of your digital life and staying on top of your technology usage. On your home screen, Google is working on a Digital Wellbeing widget that will indicate screen time and your most-used apps. Do you have an excessive amount of time spent on your iPhone? Check out these 12 iPhone Screen Time Management Tips.