Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling

Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive ...

Your Android phone will now help you stop doomscrolling habit: Here’s how

Google has introduced Pause Point in Android 17 to slow access to selected apps with a short waiting screen. The feature adds ...

Google’s Pause Point Feature Targets Doomscrolling on Android

Google’s new Pause Point feature introduces a 10-second pause before social apps to reduce compulsive scrolling and improve ...

Android 17 Adds Smart Waiting Screen to Curb Doomscrolling: How It Works

May 13, 2026 Google’s new Pause Point feature in Android 17 is designed to reduce compulsive phone usage by interrupting ...
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Google adds 10-second pause to curb doomscrolling in Android 17

What is Pause Point?: A new Android 17 feature that imposes a 10-second delay before opening user-labeled distracting apps, offering prompts to encourage intentional use. How it works: During the ...
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Android's scrolling screenshots are getting a huge quality-of-life fix

Android is getting a fix for scrolling screenshots that will help users save on phone storage. In an upcoming update, Android will delete the original screenshot after the user takes a scrolling ...

Google previews Android 17 features ahead of I/O: Check what's coming

Google's Android 17 update brings Gemini-powered AI features, smarter sharing tools, redesigned Android Auto, encrypted RCS ...
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Bluesky embeds on the forums interfering with touch scrolling on Android

When I'm scrolling through a forum thread that contains a particularly tall Bluesky embed, and the scrolling stops when the embed has filled the screen, I can't easily scroll again. It's as if the ...