Google's latest anti-doomscrolling tool is shedding its Pixel exclusivity

For as great as smartphones are, they can just prove enormously distracting — and sometimes we need a little help saving ourselves from our own worst impulses. If you’ve found yourself embarrassed by your 20 hours a day of screen time, tools like Google’s Digital Wellbeing suite can be a huge help. Today we’re learning about a new group of users that’s just now getting access to one of Google’s latest Digital Wellbeing tools.

Google announced Pause Point in the lead-up to I/O in May, offering a short mindfulness break to snap us out of our latest app obsession. That sounded great, but a few months later we learned that Pause Point looked like it was shaping up to be a Pixel 11 exclusive. But then Google announced Android 17 QPR1, which brought Pause Point to additional Pixel phones. What about everyone else, though? Well, today we can confirm getting access to Pause Point on a OnePlus 13R running Color OS 17 beta.

Whatever restrictions there were on Pause Point before, seeing it pop up on a device like this that’s running its own Android skin should help assure you that this one’s really starting to go out widely. While Google’s official support docs still only claim that Pause Point “is available on Pixel 11 series running Android 17 and later,” it’s looking increasingly likely that we’ll see it land generally on Android 17 devices with access to Digital Wellbeing.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that everyone will be getting it in a timely fashion, and if you’re a bit more the impatient type, you’ve still got options. There are some great third-party apps that behave similarly to Pause Point — and arguably, work even better.

Or, like, feel free to put down your phone without an app reminding you.