Top 5 mental health apps for Android users - Gadget Bridge

Top 5 mental health apps for Android users - Gadget Bridge


Top 5 mental health apps for Android users - Gadget Bridge

Posted: 16 Jun 2021 07:41 AM PDT

Life has become more challenging with the pandemic. Being confined only to the house and room have brought the struggle of mental health. Seeking physical help has been more difficult with the lockdown across the country. With the mental health problem rising significantly, but fewer resources to help yourself, here are the best 5 apps. Read the list.

Moodfit 

Moodfit will help you maintain mental health. The app charts your mood, medications, and activities by setting goals like a companion. Regularly exercising your mind on the app will help shape up your mood and mental health. The questionnaire function in the app will determine the condition and stability of your mental health. Moodfit will help you identify the best treatment strategies for you and help you understand medication and therapy better. The app is available on the play store.

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Calm 

Calm gives you the best soothing soundtracks to help heal your mental health. The app includes mindful movement and a meditation program for a speedy recovery. It will help you improve your sleep immensely and make you feel fresh and alive the next morning. Calm is the leading app for meditation and sleep that will help you with improving mental health. The app has Sleep stories, breathing exercises, masterclasses, and relaxing music. Try now by downloading from the Google Play Store.

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Headspace

Headspace app will help you recover from anxiety and help you with meditation and sleep. The app will give you guided meditation, sleep casts, and assist you in how to centre yourself to bring happiness. Headspace is quick and easy to use and helps you in tracking your daily medication progress. The app will help you focus, breathe, stay calm, and perform at your best with the medication exercise they have. It will also make you sleep better for a mindful tomorrow. You can download the app from the play store.

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  • Talkspace: Counseling & therapy  

Talkspace: Counseling & therapy  

Talkspace has a different service from the other apps on the list. The app is designed to be used online by letting you match with licensed therapists for better one-on-one support. The app provides you to chat, audio, or video message 24/7 and the expert will get back to you. The app is the most convenient platform if you want to improve your mental health. Talkspace gives you the best face-to-face therapy session in an app. And it is safe and secure, the app is protected using banking-grade encryption. Try now. 

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  • Better help: online counselling & therapy  

Better help: online counselling & therapy  

The app offers you weekly live sessions with licensed therapists. And for better communication with your therapist, you can send voice messages, text messages, voice messages. The app also gives you the option for group therapy. Better help includes sessions from depression to anxiety for individuals, couples, and family. Using the app is very simple. You need to fill up a questionnaire and the app will match you with the best-licensed counsellor. You can also get your own secure and private "counselling room". 

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Apple’s FaceTime is coming to Android, but there’s a catch - The Indian Express

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 08:20 PM PDT

One of the biggest announcements out of this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is the overhaul of FaceTime, Apple's video-audio calling app. Not only is FaceTime getting a number of much-requested features but it now looks like a competitor to Zoom and Google Meet. While FaceTime is the biggest reason why people consider the iPhone in the first place, the announcement of Apple's iOS-exclusive video-audio calling app coming to Android and Windows platforms left everyone surprised. The move to expand FaceTime to non-Apple users shows a shift in the company's walled-garden strategy, but in reality, it's part of a broader approach to bring more Android/Windows users to Apple's ecosystem. Not just that, the two-way strategy is Tim Cook's clever plan to transform Apple's video conferencing app into a legit competitor to Zoom and Microsoft Teams while still offering end-to-end encryption and a slew of interesting software features.

What is FaceTime and how to use it?

First announced alongside the iPhone 4 in 2010, FaceTime has got its biggest update in a decade this week during Apple's WWDC 2021 keynote. Right from the beginning, FaceTime is an app designed to offer video and audio calling from Apple users. A FaceTime call can be made between Apple devices and despite being not available on Android and Windows platforms, the video-audio calling app has been a hit. The free-to-use FaceTime app runs on both Wi-Fi and cellular networks.

FaceTime is coming to Android, but Apple's walled garden still exists

As part of the introduction of iOS 15 at WWDC 2021, Apple said it is letting Android and Windows users join FaceTime calls later this year. Technically yes, Android and Windows users will finally be able to join FaceTime calls and it's a big move by a company famously known for having tight control over its platforms. But don't expect Apple's walled garden is going anywhere. In fact, Apple's closed ecosystem of hardware and software still exists, even after letting Android and PC users join in a FaceTime call via a browser.

What Apple didn't tell you is that Android and PC customers can't set up FaceTime calls on their own. That requires an Apple device and Apple account, plus, they can only join a call when invited via a link by an Apple user. Put this way, Apple is still the decision-maker in how it wants non-Apple users to use its apps. While some might say Apple is slightly opening its services to other platforms but the truth is Cupertino is just giving Android and Windows users a taste of its core apps.

Also, even in this format, Apple is ensuring the calls are encrypted.

Had Apple wanted to bring FaceTime to rival platforms, it would have easily created an app for Android and Windows. But instead, Apple opted for a different route to let Android and Windows users join in FaceTime calls. In a way, Apple is luring Android and PC users to jump into the Apple ecosystem. And why wouldn't Apple do this? After all, Apple has created the best devices on the market, simply by creating the company's walled garden.

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A brand new SharePlay feature will allow a group of people watch or listen to the same thing at once.

FaceTime becomes a competitor to Zoom (kind of)

The rise of Zoom in the last few months is no small story. Many turned to the Zoom app to connect for work as well as personal needs.

All those months, Apple kept silent. But during this week's annual WWDC, Apple set the record straight on how it wants to take on Zoom. It has announced a new FaceTime feature called FaceTime Links, an all-new way to start a FaceTime conversation by generating a link and sharing it with others to join in, even if they do not own an Apple device. This feature makes FaceTime more competitive to Zoom and Microsoft Teams than ever. These calls can also be scheduled and added to a calendar now.

Apple's FaceTime has always been a perfect alternative to Zoom but now with the opening of its prime video-chat app to Android and Windows users via the web shows the changing competitive landscape. The idea, once again, is to reach beyond iPhone and Mac users and convert them loyal Apple fans.

Many believe the revamp of FaceTime should have come last year when people hardly knew Zoom. While one cannot call it a missed opportunity, but considering Apple is giving its FaceTime a Zoom-like touch and opening the app to more users, it just shows that Cupertino is taking the right steps to make FaceTime a global video conference platform. Not to forget, FaceTime is also getting a bunch of new features this fall, including spatial audio support, a new grid view, a voice isolation feature to improve sound quality to FaceTime and SharePlay.

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