The expansion of technology and especially mobile phones has completely changed our lives, making us have at our fingertips many facilities that previously we could not even imagine. This in turn means that we spend more time in front of the screen, which leads many to try to know how long they use the mobile , something that is easy to find out on Android.
In an approximate way it is more or less easy to know, but luckily for all we do not have to complicate ourselves since for several generations in the most widespread operating system, we have at our disposal an option that offers us this information. We do not need to resort to complex tricks or even to applications, since we have everything integrated into the system.
See screen hours on Android
What we have to do to get to see the hours on our mobile screen, begins by accessing the device settings. It does not matter too much the version of Android that we have, since all the mobiles that currently have support and are active have this option integrated in the same way.
Within the settings we will have to scroll to the stop called “Digital well-being and parental control” which can change the title or be within the options, helping us in this case from the settings search engine. Once inside, we will have access to the usage data of our Android mobile , where the minutes and hours that we have been using the mobile will appear.
To obtain more information about it, we just have to click on the time, in this case about 15 minutes and a graph with a greater number of details will be shown.
Understanding usage time
Although a lot of data appears around digital well-being, what we are interested in knowing and knowing is the use we have made of the mobile. This focuses on the first graph that we have seen, where the total time of use is represented by segments . Each color tries to show us in a visual and simple way which app or sections we have used the most to try to control this.
When accessing the rest of the data we can see that the minutes that we have dedicated to each of the apps are shown exactly at the bottom. To make it more complete, we can also see the number of unlocks made throughout the day, which is also an important part of mobile use, and even the number of notifications. To have details of the apps, in the detailed graph we will touch on the tab “Time of use” and we will change it to “Notifications” to see those details as well.
Check your hours of use from other days
One of the best aspects of this control of the hours and time of use is that we must take a look at the past and check with just a slide of the finger on the graph of hours the use we made of the mobile yesterday or even weeks ago. All this data is stored in our smartphone so that we can use it when we need it and it will only be erased when the mobile is reset to the factory state.
Why doesn’t the data appear at first?
In case you have never accessed this data, you will find that no information appears, something that has a simple explanation and is that Google needs us to give it permissions to access to collect this data, although we will only be able to consult them in the mobile. Once activated, the system will always start analyzing and saving the data without having to do anything else.
No differences in customization layers
While other Android options have been integrated differently in the MIUI, EMUI or One UI customization layers among others, this time the time of use of the mobile remains identical in all the latest generation Android terminals. Everything that has to do with digital well-being remains practically identical in shape and options on all smartphones with this operating system to avoid complicating their use and to offer data in the simplest way.
How to know if I use my mobile for too long
By observing the data that Android digital well-being offers us, we can ask ourselves if we have exceeded the time that we should use the mobile. Despite what we can read, there is no set time that alerts us to be using the mobile for too long and we will be the ones who have to set the recommended time. That is something that can vary depending on our work and needs.
The recommendations, initially when smartphones began to have a great popularity, were set at two hours of maximum use, but nevertheless in recent times the hours have been increasing and there are those who may need about 5 hours of use or exceed the 6 hour barrier. For now there are no strong studies that show negative aspects for humans due to excessive use, although it is important to rest the sight so as not to damage it.
Ways to limit the usage time on Android
In case we are trying to limit the time of use of our mobile, we have at our disposal a series of options that are also within the digital well-being. The first and simplest that will help us control the time we use the mobile and appears inside the control panel, where we can touch on the timer icon that appears next to the apps that we have used on the mobile. Choosing a maximum time per day that will be reset again at midnight.
On the other hand, we can also resort to the Android stockings so that the mobile does not bother us, where the distraction-free mode is also found in Settings> Digital well-being. Activated the mode without distractions, we can set a specific time of day when we do not want the mobile phone to allow us to use certain apps, possibly the social networks that are the ones that trap us the most and make us forget about our obligations.