Google Wellbeing — designing for digital habits.
Format: Thesis project · 8 months · independent research. Note: not a Google collaboration. Brand referenced as the research focus for the thesis.
Hypothesis
Forming healthy habits and routines helps smartphone-addicted users be more productive in their daily lives. There are 20+ apps in the app stores tackling this problem, but the issue stays roughly the same — none of them tackle both controlling social-media use and building healthy routines.
Aim
To help users be more productive by unplugging from social media and smartphones when required — by helping them form healthy habits and routines.
Research
User panel of 6 students and professionals, qualitative interviews, and a follow-up to verify the problem before jumping to a solution.
"If I start to think about forming any other work routine, in the end I find it a routine. I attend meetings and when I have to work autonomously I tend to keep my phone down while studying."
— user interview
What's next
- Usability feedback on the prototype
- Feedback from psychologists and coaches
- Concept improvement
- Pitching the idea — with the goal of an Experiments-style collaboration in this space
* This is a thesis / research project. It is not a commercial collaboration with Google. Findings, frames and concepts are Devina's; references to Google are research framing only.