News Summary

• Focus Friend, the screen time assistant from YouTuber and entrepreneur Hank Green, is Google Play’s app of the year.
• The productivity tool lets you block yourself from distracting phone apps while encouraging you with the aid of a virtual friend — a little cartoon bean that likes to knit socks and scarves.
• On Android, Focus Friend has north of 1 million installs, according to its Play Store listing.
• Google also announced several other app winners across categories like games, watches, XR headsets, and more.