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Luke Edwards

Android's new Pause Point could be the most helpful and healthy anti-doom-scroll update in years

Woman doomscrolling on her phone.
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Android has added a new feature called Pause Point which is aimed at helping people fight doom-scrolling.

This works by requiring a 10-second pause after you open an app that you've labelled as distracting – giving you a chance at choice.

A new Android feature could be the best in years when it comes to helping you fight doom-scrolling. While this shows just how bad doom-scrolling has become – that Google itself is adding features to protect you – it also shows there is hope in the fight to hold onto our attention spans.

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