ISSUE 50 • ANDROID ADVISOR 49GOOGLE I/O 2018Curbing addiction one app at a time
But the Android Dashboard is just the beginning.
Google is also giving us the tools to help curb our
phone addictions, with new features and settings
designed to force us out of apps and into the real
world. Google CEO Sundar Pichai even coined an
acronym about it: JOMO, or joy of missing out.
To help users put down their phones, Google has
built new controls into Android P to manage how and
when you use your phone, including app timers (so
if you’re using a specific app for more than, say, 30
minutes, you’ll get a warning), and automatic enabling
of Do Not Disturb when you rest your phone face-
down on a table. The Do Not Disturb button is also
way more powerful, removing all notifications from
your phone when it’s switched on, even ones you’ve
already received.When you flip your
Android P phone over on
a table, Do not disturb
will automatically engage