PC World - USA (2021-03)

100 PCWorld MARCH 2021

HERE’S HOW STOP USING YOUR ANDROID PHONE BEFORE BED

head into your system settings and scroll

down to Digital Wellbeing, which should be

available on virtually all Android phones. The

Digital Wellbeing hub contains many of the

tools we’ll use to make your phone less

distracting at night, but for now, just check

out your stats.

You can see how many times you’ve

unlocked your phone, how many notifications

you’ve gotten, and most importantly, your app

usage broken down by screen time. You can

also tap on the pie chart at the top of the screen

to see app usage breakdowns for previous days.

The Digital Wellbeing hub shows your smartphone usage stats.

You can tap the notification count to see which

apps are sending the most pings. You’ll want to

make note of which apps account for the bulk of

your usage, as well as which ones pester you

with the most notifications.

2. CREATE APP TIMERS
   If you have an app or apps on your phone that
   tend to get a lot of use in the evening, you
   should be able to figure that out from looking
   at the Digital Wellbeing chart. Tap Dashboard
   in Digital Wellbeing to set app timers that
   remind you to close those apps. This menu