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Google Starts Rolling Out "Heads Up" in Digital Wellbeing App to Stop Distracted Walking

posted by martyb on Monday April 12 2021, @09:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the digital-darwinism dept.

takyon writes:

Google starts rolling out "Heads Up" in Digital Wellbeing to stop distracted walking

In November last year, XDA's Mishaal Rahman spotted an upcoming feature, called Heads Up, in a teardown of the Digital Wellbeing app. At the time, we'd learned that the feature would alert users to keep their heads up while walking to avoid any accidents. The feature has now started rolling out to Google Pixel users with the latest Digital Wellbeing beta update.

[...] The setup screen shows the same description: "Watch your step with Heads Up...If you're walking while using your phone, get a reminder to focus on what's around you. Use with caution. Heads Up doesn't replace paying attention." Tapping on the 'Next' button at the bottom of this screen begins the setup process, after which the feature shows a pushes a reminder every time you use your phone while walking.

Also at 9to5Google, Android Police, and The Verge.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday April 12 2021, @10:35PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 12 2021, @10:35PM (#1136718) Journal

    Around one in ten careless Brits has suffered a "walk 'n text" street injury in the past year through collisions with lampposts, bins and other pedestrians.
    --https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-525785/Brick-Lane-Britains-Safe-Text-street-padded-lampposts-prevent-mobile-phone-injuries.html

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0_gmBD-fXk [youtube.com]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8_b-hTlo1w [youtube.com]

    Damn... I'd rather have my head up watching the girls go by than lose spend my life on a phone

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday April 13 2021, @02:45PM

    by Freeman (732) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 13 2021, @02:45PM (#1137013) Journal

    Wow, that's nuts. I wonder if, perhaps those aren't unique incidents? As in, some people are more prone to hit lampposts, etc. than others and thus push the number of accidents up?

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