Smartphone addiction is a real problem, and willpower alone often isn't enough. Three gadgets take different approaches to helping you use your phone less.

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The concept of smartphone addiction is probably nothing new to you. Search "smartphone addiction" and you'll pull up studies from universities, government reports, and articles from rehab and ...

Google has introduced a “Pause Point” feature designed to prevent smartphone addiction. On the 12th, local time, the company ...

Let me tell you a story. I was eating at a restaurant recently when a group of four teenage girls came in and were seated at a table near me.

I check an email and before I realize it, I’m watching TikTok videos: lions fight hyenas, military dads reunite with kids, athletes do amazing things … I look up, and an hour has passed. I’ve wasted ...

Last year I did a lot of back-to-back BBC radio interviews concerning my thoughts on a new study on smartphone use carried out by Opinium Research for Virgin Mobile and reported in a number of papers ...

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Smartphone addiction is correlated with neurochemical imbalances in the brain, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented today at the 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the ...

School’s out. Teens are bored. And the siren call of social media and video games beckons. Parents and caregivers bungling through new summer routines, or lack thereof, have long sought to balance the ...

Jon Gilbert is a Features Writer for Android Police. I've covered Android since 2021, focusing on writing features and guides about Android apps and features that directly affect users. I've attended ...