{"id":247393,"date":"2026-05-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/i-created-a-widget-only-setup-that-helped-me-cut-my-screen-time-in-half\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:35:11","slug":"i-created-a-widget-only-setup-that-helped-me-cut-my-screen-time-in-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/i-created-a-widget-only-setup-that-helped-me-cut-my-screen-time-in-half\/","title":{"rendered":"I created a &#8216;widget-only&#8217; setup that helped me cut my screen time in half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/created-widget-only-setup-cut-screen-time\/\">I created a &#8216;widget-only&#8217; setup that helped me cut my screen time in half<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/created-widget-only-setup-cut-screen-time\/\">https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/created-widget-only-setup-cut-screen-time\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-17 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidpolice.com\">www.androidpolice.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smartphone overuse is a problem for people in 2026. So much so that many new Android features are geared toward improving the digital wellbeing of its users, particularly on Google devices, like my Pixel 10 Pro.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting, however, that one of the most effective ways to reduce screen time is with a feature available to Android users since the operating system&#8217;s inception in 2008: widgets.<\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\">Related<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t\tI created a home screen that reminds me of my goals every time I unlock my phone \u2014 here&#8217;s how<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">A few home screen tweaks nudged me back to my goals<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-best-way-to-reduce-screen-time\">\n            The best way to reduce screen time<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>If you want to ditch the app life and reduce your screen time, widgets can be an absolute game-changer, particularly if you&#8217;re willing to go all in.<\/p>\n<p>First, you&#8217;ll need to decide which of your many apps are the most necessary to be accessible without actually opening the app. Calendars, email platforms, and messaging apps are particularly good for this because you can check the basics without extending your&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/created-widget-only-setup-cut-screen-time\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I created a &#8216;widget-only&#8217; setup that helped me cut my screen time in half https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/created-widget-only-setup-cut-screen-time\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.anpoimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a-blue-smartphone-with-widgets-on-the-screen-set-against-a-pink-geometric-background.png?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-247393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247395,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247393\/revisions\/247395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}