How to see screen time and set app timers on a Nothing Phone (Nothing OS 4.1)

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-see-screen-time-and-set-app-timers-on-a-nothing-phone/ · Checked October 2026 · 4a) Pro (A069P, EEA), Nothing OS 4.1, Android 16 (build FroggerPro-B4.1-260907-1153-EEA · Nothing Phone

7 of 7 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device

Android

Shown on

Nothing Phone (4a) Pro (A069P, EEA), Nothing OS 4.1, Android 16 (build FroggerPro-B4.1-260907-1153-EEA)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Digital Wellbeing and parental controls › App timers

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Digital Wellbeing and parental controls

   Open Settings and tap Digital Wellbeing and parental controls. The circle shows today's screen time, split by app.

   Done

2. 

   Tap App timers

   Scroll down to Ways to disconnect. App timers is the first row; ours said No timers set.

   Done

3. 

   Tap the hourglass next to the app

   Apps are listed A to Z. Tap the hourglass on the right of the app; we used Calculator.

   Done

4. 

   Pick a time and tap OK

   Set app timer says the timer will reset at midnight. Turn the hours and minutes wheels, then tap OK.

   Done

5. 

   Check the timer

   The app moves up under With timers, with its time below the name: 30 minutes on ours.

   Done

6. 

   To remove it, tap Delete timer

   Tap the hourglass again. The same box now has a Delete timer button.

   Done

7. 

   Check it is gone

   Calculator goes back under Your apps, with no time below its name.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Want the screen time by app? Tap View app activity details on the dashboard. It shows a chart for the day and lists every app; ours said Show all 31 apps.

  

• Searched Display for screen time? Settings, Display, Screen timeout is a different setting: how long the screen stays on. Screen time lives in Digital Wellbeing. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing

If this does not work

• Timer ran out but you need the app? The app is paused for the rest of the day, as the App activity card says. Tap its hourglass in App timers and change or delete the timer. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing
• Want a nudge, not a block? Screen time reminders, under Ways to disconnect, shows an occasional reminder of your time in an app. Ours was Off; the prompt has Cancel and Turn on. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing

  

About this guide

Nothing OS uses Google's Digital Wellbeing for screen time. Searching Settings for "screen time" finds it too. On our Phone (4a) Pro the dashboard showed under a minute, 1 unlock and 2 notifications.

The screenshots are from our Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, the European model A069P, with Nothing OS 4.1 and Android 16 (build FroggerPro-B4.1-260907-1153-EEA), in Dark mode, taken on 27 October 2026. We set a 30-minute timer on Calculator for the pictures, then deleted it.

Good to know

Bedtime mode, also under Ways to disconnect, offered 23:00 to 07:00 with Use a schedule or Turn on while charging. We tapped Not now.

To silence the phone instead, see turn on Do Not Disturb on a Nothing Phone.

In short: Settings, Digital Wellbeing and parental controls, App timers, hourglass, pick a time, OK.

📷 See real photos from the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro in our Camera Lab, next to 10 other phones.