--- title: "Phones Will Keep Your \"Head Up\" While Walking: Google" description: "Tech enthusiast Jay Prakash Kamat uploaded a screenshot of the new feature, which can be reached through Android’s Digital Wellbeing application. Kama" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2021-04-13 updated: 2021-04-13 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/425/phones-will-keep-your-head-up-while-walking-google category: "google" tags: ["android", "google", "technology", "news", "technology news"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Phones Will Keep Your "Head Up" While Walking: Google Google is experimenting with a new feature out for all the Android devices that give users a “**heads up**” if it catches them using their phone while moving. Tech enthusiast Jay Prakash Kamat uploaded a screenshot of the new feature, which can be reached through Android’s [Digital Wellbeing](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102530/what-is-the-purpose-of-google-s-digital-wellbeing-features) application. Kamat initially detected the feature on his Pixel 4a. ![Phones Will Keep Your "Head Up" While Walking: Google](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/766c5e5c-cfe3-4388-8c9f-98e297509023/images/2911990b-384d-4cf9-91d8-4787ade17d9e.jpeg)\ The innovation will permit users to opt-in to notices to “***stop using [your phone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/108492/what-to-do-if-your-phone-is-frozen) while you’re walking***.” It demands access to the user’s physical movement and location to control distraught usage. Still, the innovative feature warns that practicing it “**doesn’t follow [paying attention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32554/when-i-tweet-do-i-address-it-to-a-specific-person-or-am-i-putting-it-out-there-to-anyone-who-is-paying-attention-https-blog-hubspot-com-marketing-twitter-faqs-tweetsmarter)**” to approaching obstacles or traffic. ![Phones Will Keep Your "Head Up" While Walking: Google](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/766c5e5c-cfe3-4388-8c9f-98e297509023/images/0b5cd21b-a4d4-4937-893c-4090b67ea4ac.jpeg)\ [Google](https://www.google.com/) declared Heads Up is yet in beta measuring in the Digital Wellbeing app, though interested Android users can try out the characters through the company’s beta application. “***If you’ve ever tackled on the footpath or marched into a pole while texting, you’re not alone***,” the company said in its [explanation](https://answers.mindstick.com/blog/94/neural-network-simple-explanation-with-real-life-examples) of the point. “***If your [phone screen](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/108667/what-are-common-reasons-for-a-phone-screen-flickering) is unlocked and you’re walking, you’ll [experience](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12276/how-timely-order-deliveries-can-improve-customer-experience) a sensitive nudge to look up and give attention to what’s nearby***.” The company also stated that while it acquired Heads Up to be as “**accurate as possible**” it [warned people](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40635/which-great-awakening-preacher-warned-people-that-god-would-punish-them-if-they-did-not-change-their-ways) from relying entirely on the feature to keep them protected. ![Phones Will Keep Your "Head Up" While Walking: Google](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/766c5e5c-cfe3-4388-8c9f-98e297509023/images/fed8792d-b671-4421-a116-d8c3d1355fb6.jpeg)\ According to EHS Reports, troubled walking is supposed to be a “**significant safety threat**,” and has commenced to thousands of injuries over the past decade. Some states, including New York and Hawaii, have recently moved or regarded laws to crack down on foot-traveler cell phone usage. A few weeks back, Google stated it would phase out the use of cookies to track [user data](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160424/how-do-bearer-tokens-ensure-the-security-and-confidentiality-of-user-data) as it leads forward with various modern updates. ``` READ MORE: Now Complete your Meetings Even with the Low Battery: Google Meet ``` --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/425/phones-will-keep-your-head-up-while-walking-google Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.