Digital Wellbeing will notify you so you don't run into the streetlights
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How many videos have you seen of people using their mobile phones on the street and colliding with streetlights? There are also people who cross a street without looking or even fall into holes in the ground due to construction. The attention that we pay to our environment when we are using the mobile is minimal, and on many occasions it can be dangerous. Google knows this, and is thinking of a new Digital Wellbeing feature to alert you so you don't run into streetlights.
9to5Google has had access to the source code of the Digital Wellbeing application, an app that offers options for a more responsible use of the device. In the disassembly of the APK, different lines of code have been shown with the "Heads Up" feature, which would be something like "Notice" or "Attention". This function pwill allow the device to send warning messages when we are walking down the street,so that we pay more attention to the environment and thus avoid accidents.
Notices for us to pay more attention on the street
The application would be able to recognize where we are thanks to the location. Also if we are moving thanks to the 'Physical Activity' permission, which would use the device's sensors to detect movement. When we are in those circumstances, the app will send a notification to the phone from time to time reminding us to pay attention.Specifically, up to 7 notices can appear With these notices, emojis will also be displayed that will serve to attend to notifications and thus read them instead of discarding them and continuing to look at the mobile .
These are the notices that would be launched on the mobile.
- Be careful
- Look forward
- Stay Focused
- Look up
- Keep alert
- Careful
- Be careful where you walk
Of course, this option can be activated or deactivatedar. Not to mention that it hasn't been officially announced yet, it's only in the app's internal code, so it's probably never even going to be implemented in the app.
It is clear that the application is not going to tell us that there is a lamppost in our path, but this feature is very useful to avoid accidents on the street , such as crossing a red light without realizing it or bumping into people who are walking nearby. Without a doubt, a function that will help many not to be so distracted by the mobile. We'll see if this option finally reaches Android.
