The software Google
Digital Wellbeing is a transparent tool that monitors your smartphone usage
habits and lets you strike a healthier balance between technology and life in
general. However, since the last couple of weeks, Pixel owners have been
complaining of the app slowing down their phones.
Through an active thread on Reddit, various individual
reports that their device’s performance is improved when the system is turned
off. Some advance that the “night and day” difference is immediately visible.
However, this has not been confirmed by everyone.
The Digital Wellbeing system is not designed in a way that
slows down phone performance. It runs in the background and records how
much time you are spending using apps and the device in general. This data is
very important if you are trying to reduce screen time. For instance, you have
the option of setting app timers or
turning the screen to grayscale so that utilising your phone seems less
appealing.
However, if the reports of the system slowing down your
phone is true, people will be discouraged from using a tool that could have
been very useful. Digital
Wellbeing was one of the major new features of Android 9 Pie. It was
first launched on Pixel phones before being rolled out to Android One.
Digital
Wellbeing records the amount of time spent on app
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