Improve digital wellbeing: Google's approach and tips for developers
summary
Google reports research with 95,000 people and a family study of 16,000 across 11 countries, finds 84% of parents worry and one in three users make changes with 80% seeing benefit. Built features include Family Link (app limits, location, remote lock), a Dashboard with app timers that meet goals 96% of the time, Wind Down (night use −27%), priority/gentle notifications, website timers from Chrome, and focus mode to pause distracting apps. Gmail and YouTube add snooze and take-a-break tools; high-priority email cuts 97% of notifications.
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- 0:00Introduction and insights
- 10:25Google's approach and tools
- 15:11New developer features
- 21:02Developer tips and best practices
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