“You used your cell phone for 3 hours less in the last week than before” – Samsung Galaxy cell phones send you such a notification every Sunday. Behind this is the so-called “Android weekly report”, in which the usage time of your cell phone and various apps is meticulously logged.
The feature is part of the “Digital Wellbeing” function, which is intended to help you use your cell phone responsibly and also take time out from WhatsApp and the like. If the notification is annoying, you can easily turn it off. To do this you have to proceed as follows.
Disable weekly report notification
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Open Settings and tap “Digital Wellbeing and Parental Controls”.
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Then tap on the diagram symbol.
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In the next window, tap on the three dots in the top right corner.
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Now select “Block notifications”.
Alternatively, you can completely prohibit Samsung from collecting data. Below we will show you how to switch off the weekly report completely.
This is how you deactivate the weekly report completely
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Open Settings and tap “Digital Wellbeing and Parental Controls”.
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In the next window, tap on the three dots in the top right corner.
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Now select “Settings”. Image 3 and then taps “Reject access to usage data”. Image 4
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Now you have to tap “Settings” again. Figure 5 In the next window you have to flip the switch under “Digital Wellbeing” so that it turns gray. Image 6
You can find out which settings you should definitely change on your Galaxy cell phone in the linked article.
