You can get info about how you spend time on your Pixel Tablet, like how often you unlock it and how long you use each app. You can use that info to improve your digital wellbeing. For example, you can set app timers and schedule display changes.
Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 14 and up. Learn how to update your Android version.
Set up Digital Wellbeing on your Pixel Tablet
To find Digital Wellbeing as an app, open it in your Settings app and tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls, then turn on Show icon in the app list.
The first time you open Digital Wellbeing, you need to set up your profile.
- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
- Tap More
Manage your data.
Tip: You can also manage a child’s account if you are the default parent account on their device. Learn about Family Link.
Manage your time in apps
Find out how much time you spend in apps- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
- The chart shows your device use today. For more info, tap the chart. For example:
- Screen time: What apps you've had on screen and for how long
- Times opened: How often you've unlocked your device and opened certain apps
- Notifications received: How many notifications you've gotten and from which apps
- To get more info or change app settings, tap a listed app.
Important: Some work and school accounts might not work with app timers.
- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
- Tap the chart.
- Next to the app you want to limit, tap Set timer
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- Choose how much time you can spend in that app. Then, tap OK.
- App timers reset at midnight.
- To use the app again before midnight, follow steps 1–4 above and delete the app timer.
Manage your time on Google Chrome
Find out how much time you spend on websites- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
- Tap the chart
Chrome
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- If you don’t find it right away, tap Show all apps.
- Scroll and tap Show sites
- To get more info about the time you’ve spent on a site, tap it.
Hide past site visits
To stop showing past visits to a website, tap the site on the list. Tap Remove past visits
- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
- Tap the chart
- If you don’t find it right away, tap Show all apps.
- Next to the website you want to limit, tap Set site timer
- Choose a time limit, then tap OK.
Sleep better with Bedtime mode
How to set a bedtime routine- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls
Bedtime mode
- Choose when Bedtime mode will turn on.
- Create a bedtime routine out of two ways:
- Use a schedule: Set the start and end times of your sleep and your preferred days of the week.
- Turn on while charging: Set "After" and "Before" times, and charge your device during that time frame.
- Open your deviec's Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls
- Choose which apps you want to pause. When Focus mode is on, you can't use these apps and won't get notifications from them.
- Use Focus mode when you want to avoid distractions.
- To turn Focus mode on or off, tap Turn on now or Turn off now.
- To have Focus mode turn on automatically, tap + Set a schedule.
- To temporarily unpause apps when Focus mode is on, tap Take a break and choose a time limit.
To turn Heads Up on or off:
- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls
- To set up Heads Up: Follow the on-screen instructions.
- To turn off Heads Up, next to “Heads Up,” tap the switch.
You can change related options from your Digital Wellbeing settings. Learn how to: