Screen Time
I’ve been averaging 3-1/2 hours a week screen time on my iPhone. That sounds bad to me but I bet it is a relatively small number compared to a lot of people younger than I am. (I’m a Boomer.)
It is actually a very interesting statistic. I looked in Settings at my usage data and it is revealing. It tells me which applications I use and how much time is spent in them. This shows a pretty clear picture of what I’m doing with my phone. You could use this to help shape your interactions with your phone. I noticed, to my surprise, that today I have spent more minutes in the ChatGPT app than I have in Messages or Mail (it’s still early). I’m not sure how the “minutes usage” is being calculated. I would really like to better understand what is going on under the covers there. The best takeaway from today’s data is that I have spent twice as much time in the “Productivity & Finance” apps category, than I have in the “Social” apps category. Take that Gen Z and Gen Alpha!