Google launches six digital wellbeing tools it's calling experiments

It doesn’t take much to be distracted nowadays: A ping, and you’re asking your friend to repeat what they just said. Google wants to help you with those moments — but can it?

More than a year after launching its first well-being features, Google on Wednesday released six new wellbeing tools in the Play Store. Google says these innovations are part of “a collection of ideas and tools that help people find a better balance with technology.”

These Digital Wellbeing Experiments — as Google calls them — include a live wallpaper that tracks and displays the number of times users unlock their phones each day, a feature that lets users adjust the frequency and time of notifications, and even a … printable paper phone? Read more...