These 7 Google Digital Health Features Can Help Users Balance Their Lives

Google's Digital Health feature can balance life. (photo: unsplash)

JAKARTA - Many people need digital tools to help complete their daily work, and make it easier to carry out their activities, so that they have room to focus on other more important things.

However, technology often changes the way we spend time. Sometimes, people are so engrossed in using their cell phones that they forget their real life.

To coincide with World Mental Health Day, October 10, Google shared information on tools and features that can help users find a better balance with technology to achieve their personal sense of digital well-being.

Of course, this will help users make the most of their time, so that technology will be in harmony with their lives.

According to Google, the Digital Health tool on Android gives users a daily overview of how often they check their phones and how often they use various apps. Check out the following Digital Health tools and features that Google shares.

App Timer on Android

This feature allows you to set a time limit for using an application. Once you reach the limit, those apps and sites will pause and notifications will go silent. So you will only spend the time you want.

Sleep Time Mode on Android

You can also be quieter at night with features like Sleep Time mode. Schedule it for your bedtime so it automatically turns your phone screen grayscale and silences notifications with the Do Not Disturb feature. With this, you won't get any distractions on your phone at all.

Watch Time Profile on YouTube

Watch time profiles let you check your average daily watch time. It also shows how long you have watched videos on YouTube in one day, yesterday and over the past 7 days. This feature is only available on mobile devices.

Focus Mode on Android

Focus mode lets you choose which apps to pause temporarily. If you want to turn off distracting apps to get things done, you can enable this mode, you can even set a schedule to turn on Focus mode automatically.

Do Not Disturb Mode on Android

This mode can mute sound, stop vibration, and block visual disturbances. You can choose what you block and what you allow.

Break Reminder on YouTube

Once you know how much time you spend on the app, you may want to set a limit. It's easy to lose track of time when you're having fun, which is why we'll help you set up a reminder to take a break.

All you have to do is go to Settings on YouTube and select the amount of YouTube time that's right for you. Once you reach that limit, a reminder will appear on your screen.

Notifications: Scheduled Summary

By default, all sounds and vibrations from the YouTube app are disabled between 10pm and 8am. You can adjust the start and end times to ensure that notifications from the YouTube app are silently delivered to your phone during a set time each day.

If you want more control when you receive notifications from YouTube, you can combine all YouTube notifications into one notification each day and set a specific time to receive your summary in your YouTube account settings.