Facebook confirms the development of the digital health time tool for mobile applications

Facebook is working on its own internal scorecard on the use of time, following in the footsteps of the Apple 12 keynote at WWDC, which included the announcement of a health feature Digital "Screen Time". Discovered by Jane Manchun Wong (via TechCrunch), "Your time on Facebook" shows a list of how much time you spent on the Facebook app during the last week.

This includes the average time you spent in the application per day, as well as the ability to set a limit on the time you want to spend in the app, as well as a reminder associated with that limit . Confirming that the feature is being tested, Facebook said, "We're still working on new ways to make sure people's time on Facebook has gone well.

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In the image shared by Wong on Twitter, the text in the dashboard says "The time spent is counted while you are watching the Facebook application on this phone", so it seems that this feature will not count Facebook navigation. The dashboard also has a shortcut allowing users to switch to a page allowing them to change their notification settings and enable Do Not Disturb. Although discovered in the Android application for Facebook, once "Your Time on Facebook" deployed to a wide audience, it is expected to launch on iOS and Android devices.

Instagram, owned by Facebook, is also developing an analysis feature of the use of "past time" so that users can see how much time they spend in the application. In May, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom said, "Understanding how online time has an impact on people is important, and it is the responsibility of all companies to be honest and to take part in the solution.

While the trend of digital health continues from one application to the other, it remains to be seen whether an individual business will provide features that Apple has not already in its area of Full screen time settings in iOS 12. Screen Time collects data on all applications you open and use on your iPhone or iPad, categorizing them by app, telling you how much time you spend in each app, how often your iPhone is collected, which apps send the most notifications, and more.

You can set application limits to reduce the time you spend in an app and view weekly reports to see an overview of what you've done on your iOS devices in the last seven days . Enhancements to digital health in iOS 12 also include Do not disturb during bedtime, better notification control, "downtime" and more.