Google’s attempt to get Android users to look up from their phones may be nearing the end.
The company appears to be preparing to discontinue Heads Up, a Digital Wellbeing feature that warns users when they are walking while staring at their phones — a habit many phone users have.
Heads Up is part of Google’s broader Digital Wellbeing effort, but it works differently from familiar tools such as screen-time reports and app timers. Rather than simply measuring phone use, it tries to infer when a person is walking and using their phone, then intervenes with a safety reminder.
Google has not confirmed an explanation for the planned removal, nor has…
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