Batching smartphone notifications can improve well-being

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Randomised field experiment (n = 237): notifications delivered as usual, batched three times a day, or never. The batched group reported feeling more attentive, in a better mood and in greater control of their phones, with lower stress and fewer interruptions. Receiving no notifications at all brought few of those benefits and higher anxiety and fear of missing out. A single, self-reported trial that has not been replicated.

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