{"id":83746,"date":"2019-10-24T08:32:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T07:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=83746"},"modified":"2019-10-24T08:32:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T07:32:35","slug":"google-launches-six-digital-wellbeing-tools-its-calling-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=83746","title":{"rendered":"Google launches six digital wellbeing tools it&#039;s calling experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take much to be distracted nowadays: A ping, and you\u2019re asking your friend to repeat what they just said. Google wants to help you with those moments \u2014 but can it?<\/p>\n<p>More than a year after launching its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2018\/08\/06\/digital-wellbeing-beta-opens-pixel-owners-android-9-pie-sign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first well-being features<\/a>, Google on Wednesday released <a href=\"https:\/\/experiments.withgoogle.com\/collection\/digitalwellbeing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">six new wellbeing tools<\/a> in the Play Store. Google <a href=\"https:\/\/experiments.withgoogle.com\/collection\/digitalwellbeing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> these innovations are part of \u201ca collection of ideas and tools that help people find a better balance with technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rt5LY5TeTVQ\" data-channel=\"Google\" data-template=\"embedded\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>These Digital Wellbeing Experiments \u2014 as Google calls them \u2014 include a <a href=\"https:\/\/experiments.withgoogle.com\/unlock-clock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live wallpaper<\/a> that tracks and displays the number of times users unlock their phones each day, a <a href=\"https:\/\/experiments.withgoogle.com\/post-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feature<\/a> that lets users adjust the frequency and time of notifications, and even a \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/experiments.withgoogle.com\/paper-phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">printable paper phone<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>But the word \u201cexperiments\u201d is key.<\/p>\n<p>The advent of human-machine interaction studies has inspired product designers&#8217; attempt to innovate their way out of the social-psychological concerns that come with mobile technology: unwarranted digital distractions, excessive screen time that researchers speculate to cause <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1440244013000790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">depression<\/a>, social media\u2013induced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/healthiest-communities\/articles\/2019-09-12\/social-media-use-may-increase-teens-risk-of-mental-health-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anxiety<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Google\u2019s designers are no exception. The launch of the Google Empathy Lab in 2015 is evidence to the fact that Google\u2019s designers have set out to address those issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Krettek, the lab&#8217;s principal, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xPlwoFRSq_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018 speech<\/a> hinted at Google\u2019s early forays into designing some of the experiments launched on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of her remarks, in particular, seems to set the premise for <a href=\"https:\/\/experiments.withgoogle.com\/morph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morph,<\/a> one of Google\u2019s new experiments that allows users to filter out apps depending on their customized time-and-place settings. (Google uses \u201choliday,\u201d \u201ccreativity,\u201d and \u201cwork\u201d modes for example.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotifications are super unsexy. What I wanted to do add to that to make it creative and interesting and something that people can get to a juicy, authentic place with.\u201d Krettek said in the 2018 speech. \u201cI want you to think about Airplane mode. Airplane mode is one way \u2014\u00a0but give me 10 more, for all the modes you are in during your day \u2026 It [boiled down] to four [categories]: focused, normal, filtered and amplified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s essentially what Morph does \u2014 it lets users create &#8220;modes&#8221; to customize how they want to consume information depending on their needs and mood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ono3SKps3Bs\" data-channel=\"Google\" data-template=\"embedded\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in a different place now. What it means to design right now is not just about a new wave of technologies, the assistants and the AIs,\u201d Krettek said in her speech. \u201cRight now, the conversation we\u2019re having around AI and design is that this is about deep humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that Google has begun thinking about reinventing human\u2019s relationship with technology through design \u2014 and the six new wellbeing tools are evidence to its commitment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the question of how design can solve humanity&#8217;s problems is a complicated one. And at this moment, it\u2019s unclear the extent to which Google\u2019s new tools can help accomplish that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After all, Google itself says it is still \u201cexperimenting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/7631\/google-launches-six-digital-wellbeing-tools-its-calling-experiments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] It doesn\u2019t take much to be distracted nowadays: A ping, and you\u2019re asking your friend to repeat what they just said. Google wants to help you with those moments \u2014 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 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83748,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83746\/revisions\/83748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}