Facebook will soon tell you how much time you waste on Facebook

Are you worried that you may be suffering from the Facebook addiction? If yes, then Facebook's new tool could help you take charge of the situation, not now but maybe soon. Facebook is, according to TechCrunch, working on a tool that will let you know how much time you have spent (or wasted) on social media.

Dubbed "Your Time on Facebook", the unreleased tool spotted in Facebook Android app shows the summary of the time spent on the Facebook mobile app for the past seven days along with average time spent per day. The tool also allows you to set a time limit for self-policing that alerts you when you've reached your self-set limit and shortcut to change your notification settings for Facebook. It is an unreleased tool so there are also chances that it may never roll out but if it does then you can track the number of minutes you spent on Facebook each day. For now, it is unclear when the tool will roll out to Android or any other platforms.
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"We're always working on new ways to help make sure people's time on Facebook is time well spent," a Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch. The new tool could help Facebook curb one of the biggest problems of today's digital age- phone addiction. Both Apple and Google, in their latest software updates, have also introduced time tracking software that helps users control their screen time.

Google's Android P is also going to have a new app called Dashboard that will show you how you are spending your time on your phone, including the time spent on apps, how many times you unlock your phone and how many notifications you receive in a day. Not just in the new OS, Google's effort for digital wellness also includes the new Take a break feature in YouTube that will alert you when you exceed a given screen time in the YouTube app. The options for time limits are never, every 15 minutes, every 30 minutes, every 60 minutes, every 90 minutes, and every 180 minutes.

A survey conducted by Screen Education recently shows that 65 per cent of teenagers today wish to control their smartphone use. The study shows that nearly 70 per cent of teenagers have tried to reduce the time spent on their smartphones.

Technology is not always for good. Where on one hand it promises to ease your life, on the other hand, it is also ruining lives by causing anxiety, depression and neural disorders in the name of smartphone or Facebook addiction.