Get less distracted by your phone with the Unpluq app

Mavin’s tip of the day! Get less distracted by your phone with the Unpluq app.

An increasing problem in our society is a lack of concentration, largely caused by our smartphones. We seem to be unable to tear ourselves away from our screen, the barrage of notifications and updates from all sorts of apps providing some instant gratification: the notification juice.

A physical product and an app was developed by Unpluq, two young engineers from the Netherlands. The Unpluq key is an actual physical plug that claims an advantage over an app on your phone that regulates your screen behavior, as it requires physical handling and thus a conscious choice to re active your apps. Remove the key and your phone goes into focus mode. Plug it in, and you can use it as normally. 

Their other option is an app that also requires a physical action: shaking your phone or scrolling one meter to reactivate.

If you are looking for ways to get less distracted by your phone, give it a try!


Want to know more? Visit unpluq.com


Thijs Broekkamp

Thijs Broekkamp is a journalist and photographer with a focus on conflict, migration and social injustice. At Mavin he writes about these and other topics, in the hope to inspire, educate and move others to an increased understanding of our world.

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