Use these settings to take back control over your screen time. We'll walk through how to take advantage of the digital wellness settings on Apple and Android devices, including how to set up app ...

If you want to limit your screen time or stop doomscrolling, both Apple and Google have digital well-being features to help you disconnect. Newer generations of software, iOS 26 and Android 16, have ...

If well-meaning friends and family have told you recently to go touch grass, this is for you. Whether you're scrolling on your phone or working on a laptop, it's too easy to rack up ungodly screen ...

In 2023, the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) released a social media and youth mental health advisory, noting that a staggering 95% of teenagers, between 13 and 17 years of age, report using ...

As a young millennial, I had a pretty tech-free childhood, save for cable television and the occasional AOL/AIM log-on. It wasn’t until I was a preteen that I started to get interested in MySpace, ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

Steppin is the latest app by Kayak's cofounder, Paul English. The app limits phone use by encouraging users to clock steps to unlock screen time. I tried it out for a week, and I noticed it made a ...