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YouTube on Wednesday announced a new bedtime reminders feature to help even the most dedicated of extremely online types log off late at night. The new feature joins the platform’s existing “take a break” reminders, and both are among a broader set of YouTube wellness and screen time tools released in 2018 as part of Google’s Digital Wellbeing initiative.

The ultimate goal is to help users more responsibly use Google products, an issue that’s only intensified during the coronavirus pandemic as more and more of our time is spent inside staring at screens. YouTube says it’s sent 3 billion “take a break” reminders over the last two years.

Now, with bedtime reminders, YouTube says you can set “specific times to stop watching videos and…

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