Google releases 3 new experimental apps to help cut down your phone usage

Google has been on a roll recently with its digital wellbeing initiatives, releasing Family Link for parental controls, various apps to view and manage your usage, and a Focus Mode for pausing apps you find distracting. Now it's continuing the trend by releasing 3 new apps, the most notable of which asks that you literally put your phone in an envelope so you can't use it.

Envelope

Currently only available to users of the Pixel 3a, Google describes Envelope as "an experimental app which temporarily transforms your phone into a simpler, calmer device, helping you to take a break away from your digital world." To get started, you print out a special PDF provided by the app and fold it into the shape of an envelope.

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Google has been on a roll recently with its digital wellbeing initiatives, releasing Family Link for parental controls, various apps to view and manage your usage, and a Focus Mode for pausing apps you find distracting. Now it's continuing the trend by releasing 3 new apps, the most notable of which asks that you literally put your phone in an envelope so you can't use it.

Envelope

Currently only available to users of the Pixel 3a, Google describes Envelope as "an experimental app which temporarily transforms your phone into a simpler, calmer device, helping you to take a break away from your digital world." To get started, you print out a special PDF provided by the app and fold it into the shape of an envelope.

Read More

Google releases 3 new experimental apps to help cut down your phone usage was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

https://ift.tt/2LYklVP January 21, 2020 at 02:00PM