Google Pushing "Digital Wellbeing" on Android Manufacturers

Rising addiction to mobile gadgets and screens has become a growing concern among consumers in recent years, particularly parents. In response to increasing criticism, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google last year both introduced controls -- Screen Time and Digital Wellbeing, respectively -- that allow users to monitor usage in order to better manage how much time is spent on smartphones. However, Android's long-standing fragmentation problem means that most Android users don't have access to those tools.

Google is starting to push Digital Wellbeing more aggressively.

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