{"id":289885,"date":"2026-02-10T04:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/289885\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T04:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:20:09","slug":"building-a-healthier-smartphone-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/289885\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a healthier smartphone relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sideload-podcast-wider-copy-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to The Sideload episode 21, a\u00a09to5Google\u00a0podcast. This week, Will is once again joined by Damien Wilde, video producer at 9to5Google, as the two work through their feelings about smartphone addiction, the state of social media, and much more. From finding healthier second screen options to the joys of Do Not Disturb and movie theaters, Will and Damien both share how their individual relationships with technology have been shaped and warped by the ever-evolving state of the web.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Hosts<\/p>\n<p>Listen to more 9to5 Podcasts<\/p>\n<p>Feedback?<\/p>\n<p>Drop us a line at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/02\/09\/the-sideload-021-building-a-healthier-smartphone-relationship\/mailto:gtips@9to5g.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">gtips@9to5g.com<\/a>, leave a comment on the post, or reach out to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/02\/09\/the-sideload-021-building-a-healthier-smartphone-relationship\/mailto:will@9to5mac.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">producer<\/a>. And for even more Android discussion, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/forums\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dive into the official 9to5Google forums<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to The Sideload episode 21, a\u00a09to5Google\u00a0podcast. This week, Will is once again joined by Damien Wilde, video&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-289885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}