蘋果新增防沉迷功能，專治“手機(jī)依賴癥”

Apple Inc. on Monday unveiled new controls to help people curb the amount of time they spend on iPhones and iPads, as well as allow parents to remotely track and limit their children’s use of those devices—a response to growing societal concern that adults and children are too focused on phones.

蘋果公司周一發(fā)布了新的控制功能，以協(xié)助人們克制他們在iPhone與iPad上花費(fèi)的時間，同時讓父母遠(yuǎn)程追蹤和限制子女對這些設(shè)備的使用，這是該公司對社會日益擔(dān)憂成年人和孩子們沉迷于iPhone設(shè)備而所作出的回應(yīng)。

The company said a new app it will release in September called “Screen Time” will provide users with weekly reports of the apps they use and allow them to set time limits for their use of those apps. Parents will be able to use the system to remotely monitor the apps their children use and limit their time on devices.

該公司表示，將于9月推出一款名為Screen Time的新應(yīng)用，為用戶提供其使用應(yīng)用情況的周報告，并讓他們設(shè)定自己使用這些應(yīng)用的時間。父母也將能利用這個系統(tǒng)遠(yuǎn)端監(jiān)控其子女使用應(yīng)用的情況，并對其使用設(shè)備的時間作出限制。

The new features played a central role at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, a gathering of about 6,000 developers who create the apps for the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers. The event is designed to show off Apple’s latest software—including the newest features to further integrate into people’s digital lives.

上述新功能在蘋果的年度世界開發(fā)者大會上扮演了關(guān)鍵角色，這場大會聚集了約6,000名為iPhone、iPad和Mac電腦開發(fā)應(yīng)用的開發(fā)者。蘋果的年度開發(fā)者大會旨在展示該公司最新的軟件，包括進(jìn)一步整合到人們數(shù)字生活的最新功能。

Those new features include a new Shortcuts app that will connect the Siri voice command with certain apps—for instance, Siri could state flight and hotel information from the Kayak app with a voice command.

這些新功能包括一款新的捷徑(Shortcuts)應(yīng)用，能將Siri聲控和特定應(yīng)用連接起來。譬如，用戶可通過聲控讓Siri念出Kayak應(yīng)用中的航班和酒店信息。

Though Apple has offered parental controls for years, analysts say the system only allows parents to set limits on their children’s device use—not monitor it on a continuing basis. The new “Screen Time” feature changes that by giving parents those same capabilities.

蘋果多年來雖提供家長控制功能，但分析師稱該系統(tǒng)只讓父母對子女使用設(shè)備的情況作出限制，而無法進(jìn)行持續(xù)的監(jiān)控。新的Screen Time功能將改變這一點，給予父母持續(xù)監(jiān)控子女使用設(shè)備情況的能力。

A new Reports feature will detail how users spend time with the iPhone and iPad, including how often per hour they look at their devices, when they are using particular apps and what apps are sending the most notifications.

一項新的報告功能將詳細(xì)列出用戶在iPhone和iPad上花費(fèi)的時間，包括每小時看設(shè)備的頻率、使用特定應(yīng)用的情況，以及哪些應(yīng)用發(fā)送最多通知。