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Apple's Screen Time Feature Helped a 14 Year Old Drop iPhone Usage by Almost Half: Report

Apple's Screen Time Feature Helped a 14-Year-Old Drop iPhone Usage by Almost Half: Report 5w4m2l

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 12 July 2018 13:41 IST

Highlights

Apple's Screen Time helped a teenager dropped her iPhone by half
The New York Times' Brian X Chen reported the results
The Screen Time feature is initially a part of iOS 12 betas

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While Apple's Screen Time is yet to reach the masses, the feature is brought an initiative called Digital Wellbeing earlier this year that will be available across all its platforms, including Android, to help s curb device addiction. 3s3768

"Screen Time empowers you with both insight and control over how you spend your time, and it starts with reports," explained Craig Federighi, SVP of Software Engineering, Apple, at WWDC 2018, while announcing Screen Time. The feature offers a weekly activity summary and breaks down the data show how much time you're spending on your device and what apps you're using the most during the day or night, as well as how often you're simply picking up your phone on an hourly basis. All this helped Sophie, 14, who was volunteered for a real-life Screen Time test by The New York Times' Brian X. Chen.

During the course of three weeks, it was iPhone X. When she had used up her allotted time on the Snapchat app, she felt incensed and started staring blankly at the app icons on the iPhone to avoid u her limit on the app. "It was just a pattern for me - to open my phone and would have nowhere to go," the teenager said, as quoted by The New York Times. "I was just looking at a screen. It was kind of weird, so I'm trying not to do that."

Ultimately, Chen reported that Sophie's average daily usage of her iPhone reduced by about half - from over six hours during the first week of the testing to nearly three hours and four minutes during the third week. This evidently shows how the addition of Screen Time could help s reduce their screen times and curb addiction to their devices. However, in addition to the software showing data to put a limit on the usage, there is a need for adopting habits to use mobile devices only when they are needed.

We're yet to see the mass level change through developments such as Screen Time and Google's Digital Wellbeing. Nevertheless, Sophie's example gives us the hope that technology will help us save from the adverse effects of technology. Of course, to be noted is that this is just one example, and the experience millions of s will have may well show different results.

To begin your journey with Screen Time, you need to the latest iOS 12 beta on your iPhone or iPad. It is, however, recommended to wait for the public release of the new iOS version that will debut sometime in September.

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