谷歌(Google)以不断推出新应用而闻名。其中一些只是有用的工具，旨在让您的数字生活更轻松。其他人则更具艺术性和创造性。
这一次谷歌(Google)发布了一批相当具体的新应用程序。他们是实验性的，他们的主要重点是治愈你的数字成瘾。
如果您在阅读所有Google(Google)实验性应用程序后决定自己测试它们，请务必使用这些免费工具之一，以减少数字眼睛疲劳(free tools that reduce digital eye strain)。盯着耀眼的屏幕花费的所有额外时间对您的眼睛或睡眠没有任何好处。
变形(Morph)(Morph)
我们的结论：(Our Verdict: )如果您想真正治愈您的智能手机成瘾，这是首选。
首先(First)是一个名为Morph的生产力应用程序。如果您在工作中因社交媒体和娱乐应用程序而分心，绝对值得一试。(Definitely)
Morph是一款Google实验性应用程序，它将根据您在一天中的特定时间应该做什么来改变您的主屏幕。您可以为不同的时间段设置不同的主屏幕。一旦时钟到达那个小时，您将无法访问除您选择保留的应用程序之外的任何应用程序。
您可以使用不同的应用程序集设置多个版本的主屏幕。但请谨慎选择(Choose)，因为在该设定时间段内，您不会收到来自您未选择的任何应用程序的通知。
Morph带来的另一个非常酷的好处是连接到您的位置。例如，您可以为锻炼模式设置GPS位置，一旦您到达健身房，它就会自动打开。
邮政信箱(Post Box)(Post Box)
我们的结论：(Our Verdict:)最有潜力的那个。
即使您决定在接下来的几个小时内不触摸手机，您也很容易被通知声音所吸引。它们非常分散注意力，并且在帮助您上瘾方面发挥了重要作用。
使用Post Box，您可以关闭即时通知并将其设置为批量发送。您每天最多可以选择四个不同的时间段，您的通知将一次性发送。
一个缺点是目前您无法自定义通知传递时间，并且必须坚持使用应用程序上可用的四个选项。
邮箱(Post Box)是一种以更有条理的方式跟上您的社交生活的好方法。如果这听起来像是您遇到的问题，您可能还想尝试一款适用于 Android 的免费日历应用程序(free calendar apps for Android)。
解锁时钟(Unlock Clock)(Unlock Clock)
我们的结论(Our Verdict)：您完美的“手腕上的耳光”。
解锁时钟(Unlock Clock)本质上是一个动态壁纸，显示您在一天中解锁了智能手机的次数。安装后，将其设置为墙纸。然后在您的主屏幕上，您会看到一个巨大的数字，它会提醒您您对智能手机的依赖程度……几乎所有事情。
屏幕上的巨大数字可以为那些不知道自己花了多少时间盯着手机屏幕的人敲响了警钟。该数字每天都会重置。您可以设定一个目标以尽量减少智能手机的使用，然后查看您需要多少天才能达到目标。
使用 Unlock Clock(Use Unlock Clock)作为晚上外出时与朋友一起进行的社交实验。看看你们每个人解锁了多少次他们的小工具，甚至可能把它变成一场比赛。让“失败者”在深夜收拾标签。那应该教他们！
我们翻转(We Flip)(We Flip)
我们的判决：(Our Verdict:)与朋友一起玩的有趣小游戏。
这是一个经过验证的科学事实，如果你想开始训练，最好带一个哥们去健身房和你一起训练（或者你可以使用其中一个免费的健身应用程序来激发动力(free fitness apps for motivation)）。那么，为什么不让您的朋友也和您一起进行数字排毒呢？我们Flip将帮助您让它变得更有趣，甚至可能将其变成一场比赛。
Google实验性应用的工作方式是，在一群人中，您将手机配对。当您“拨动开关”时，一个新的会话开始。然后，如果/当有人解锁他们的手机时，会话结束并为您提供有关您作为一个小组的表现的统计数据。
你可以通过把它变成一个赌注来提高赌注——无论谁导致会话结束，都必须购买下一轮。或者失去他们晚上的电话特权（对于我们当中的胆大妄为的人来说，这是一个铁杆选择）。
沙漠荒岛(Desert Island)(Desert Island)
我们的结论：(Our Verdict:)推荐给同名团队建设游戏的粉丝。
你知道什么对你来说最重要吗？虽然从生活的角度来看这个问题很难回答，但选择一些你一天都离不开的应用程序应该不难。
在Desert Island中，您可以选择智能手机中绝对必要的工具（如消息、Gmail、相机等），而其余工具将在接下来的 24 小时内消失。看看你能坚持自己设定的限制多长时间。这对你来说会变成真正的挑战还是只是平凡的一天？
纸电话(Paper Phone)(Paper Phone)
我们的结论：(Our Verdict:)迄今为止最奇怪的健康应用程序。
为了回答如何对抗数字成瘾的问题，谷歌(Google)创建了可能是迄今为止最奇怪的健康移动应用程序。Paper Phone建议您完全放弃智能手机一天。但不完全是。
您可以选择全天需要的选项和工具（例如日历、地图或联系人），然后打印出您当天的实体纸质电话。它带有如何折叠它的说明，甚至里面还有一个信用卡槽。
如果您觉得您的生活现在围绕着您的智能手机，请尝试其中一款应用程序。如果您认为自己对Google生态系统的了解太深，对抗数字成瘾的激进方法是删除您的 Google 帐户数据(deleting your Google account data)和所有应用程序，但您专业使用的应用程序除外。
How Google’s Experimental Apps Can Help You Fight Digital Addiction
Google is known for constantly bringing new apps to life. Some of them are just usefυl tools that are aimed at making your digital lіfе easier. Оthers are more artsy and creative.
This time Google has released a rather specific batch of new apps. They are experimental and their main focus is on curing your digital addiction.
In case you decide to test all of the Google experimental apps yourself after reading about them, make sure to use one of these free tools that reduce digital eye strain. All the extra time spent staring at the glaring screen won’t do any good for your eyes or for your sleep.
Our Verdict: a top pick if you’re looking to really cure your smartphone addiction.
First up is a productivity app called Morph. Definitely worth a try if you have issues getting distracted with social media and entertainment apps at work.
Morph is a Google experimental app that will transform your home screen depending on what you’re supposed to be doing at a certain time of the day. You can set different home screens for different time periods. Once the clock hits that hour, you won’t be able to access any apps except the ones that you chose to keep.
You can set up multiple versions of your home screen with different sets of apps. Choose carefully though, as during that set time period you won’t be getting notifications from any of the apps that you didn’t select.
One more pretty cool perk that Morph comes with is connecting to your location. For example, you can set a GPS location for your working out mode and it will automatically turn it on once you get to the gym.
Our Verdict: the one with the most potential.
Even when you decide to not touch your phone for the next couple of hours, you can be easily tempted by a notification sound. They’re very distracting and play a major part in aiding your digital addiction.
With Post Box, you can turn off instant notifications and set it up to be delivered in batches. You can choose up to four different time slots a day, and your notifications will be delivered all at once.
One downside is that at the moment you can’t customise the notification delivery times and have to stick with the four options available on the app.
Post Box can be a good way to keep up with your social life in a more organized manner. If that sounds like something you struggle with, you might also want to try one of the free calendar apps for Android.
Our Verdict: your perfect “slap on the wrist”.
Unlock Clock is essentially a live wallpaper that shows you how many times you’ve unlocked your smartphone during the day. After you install it, set it as your wallpaper. Then on your home screen you’ll see a giant number that will remind you just how much you rely on your smartphone for…pretty much everything.
The giant number on your screen can serve as a wake-up call for anyone who is not aware of how much time they spent staring at their phone’s screen. The number resets each day. You can set a goal to minimize your smartphone use and then see how many days it takes you to reach it.
Use Unlock Clock as a social experiment with friends on a night out. See how many times each of you unlock their gadgets and maybe even turn it into a competition. Let the “loser” pick up the tab in the end of the night. That should teach them!
Our Verdict: a fun little game to play with friends.
It’s a proven scientific fact that if you want to start training, it works better if you bring a buddy to the gym to train with you (or you can use one of the free fitness apps for motivation). So why not make your friends go through a digital detox with you as well? We Flip will help you make it more fun and maybe even turn it into a competition.
The way the Google experimental app works is, in a group of people you pair your phones together. When you “flip the switch” a new session starts. Then if/when someone unlocks their phone, the session ends and gives you the stats on how you did as a group.
You can raise the stakes by turning it into a bet – whoever causes the session to end has to buy the next round. Or lose their phone privileges for the night (a hardcore option for the daredevils among us).
Our Verdict: recommended for fans of the team-building game of the same name.
Do you know what’s most important to you? While that question is difficult to answer in the perspective of life, it shouldn’t be that hard to choose a handful of apps that you can’t go through the day without.
In Desert Island, you can select the tools inside your smartphone that are absolutely necessary (like messages, Gmail, camera, etc) while the rest of them will disappear for the next 24 hours. See how long you can stick to the limits you set yourself. Will this turn into a real challenge for you or just be an ordinary day?
Our Verdict: the strangest wellbeing app yet.
In an attempt to answer the question of how to fight your digital addiction, Google created probably the weirdest wellbeing mobile app yet. Paper Phone suggests you ditch your smartphone altogether for a day. But not quite.
You can pick options and tools that you’ll need throughout the day – like calendar, maps, or contacts – and then print out what’s going to be your physical paper phone for the day. It comes with instructions on how to fold it and even a credit card slot inside.
Try one of these apps if you feel like your life now revolves around your smartphone. And if you think you’re too deep into the Google ecosystem, a radical way to fight your digital addiction would be deleting your Google account data and all of the apps with the exception of those you use professionally.
