You know it in your heart – you can’t function without your smartphone. But with nearly half of smartphone users saying they can’t imagine life without it, most of us may get a little too much screen time.
Between our computers, tablets, TVs and smartphones, the average adult in the U.S. spends 11 hours a day looking at various screens.
Jason Strong with AT&T joined us on Wisconsin Tonight to talk about “Digital Detox”.
1. BreakFree:
The BreakFree app monitors your smartphone use and sends you friendly notifications to let you know when you’ve been on a particular app or phone call for a while.
c. You can also set up tools that will disable the Internet or reject phone calls for particular periods of time
2. Checky:
Checky is a really basic app that tells you how many times a day you check your phone and where you’re checking it.
It’s great for at-a-glance tracking of your daily phone use patterns.
3. Moment:
Moment encourages you to “put down your phone and get back to your life.”
It tracks how much you’re using your iPhone and iPad, sets daily limits on use, and even forces you off your device if you’ve been on it too long.
You can also monitor the entire family’s iPhone and iPad use with Moment Family. Free to download for basic tracking info, but $1.99 for the advanced features.
4. AT&T Drive Mode:
Smartphone use behind the wheel is a big culprit of distracted driving, which causes nearly 40% of all traffic accidents.
To help you keep your eyes on the road and not on your phone, the AT&T Drive Mode app silences new text notifications and sends an autoreply that you’re driving and can’t respond
