The search engine will soon integrate new analysis devices to follow more precisely your activity during your sleep.
Google is investing in the field of online health through an application available on the Google Play Store and accessible to all Android smartphone users.
Google helps you use your smartphone less
Digital well-being, that’s its name, is a kind of dashboard that allows you to control your use of the phone in order to pick up when night falls or after too long hours spent in front of the screen.
The software allows you to know at a glance how much time we spend each day on our smartphone, and to define usage limits to block an application or a category of software after a defined time. In sum, Digital Wellbeing can keep you from spending too much time in front of TikTok and Instagram.
The software also has a “Sleep” mode which allows you to cut off notifications and access to applications during your rest phases at night. With one click, your phone goes into silent mode for better sleep.
Snore and cough analysis to detect abnormalities
It is this “Sleep” part that Google will soon enrich. Our colleagues from 9to5Google have decompiled the latest version of the application, and some lines of code indicate the presence of a new feature that would detect both coughing and snoring of the user when sleeping.
The software will need your permission to use the microphone in the background. We imagine that the component will be automatically activated once the smartphone enters “Sleep” mode and that this option will not be activated by default, for reasons of confidentiality.
Once the sun is up, you will be able to access comprehensive information about the intensity of your coughing and snoring. This data is presented in the form of graphs and could invite you to consult a doctor in the event of an anomaly.
For the moment, Google does not communicate on this functionality which seems still in full development. It will likely take another few weeks to see it appear in the Digital Wellbeing app.
Source : 9to5Google
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