- your phone rings or makes noise in noise-sensitive places AND/OR
- you forget to "unmute" your phone after putting it aside, not hearing incoming calls and alerts
...then fret no more - Mutemate is your friend in need.
Instead of having to remember to mute (and "unmute") your phone, make the phone do it by itself.
Mutemate automatically sets your phone into vibrate mode when you put it in your pocket (and sets it back to ringer mode when taken out and put away). You feel calls and notifications, yet no one is disturbed. Yes I know, very convenient - that's the point (see the next point).
Mutemate is an app that is not about itself, but about saving people from having to remember (and bother) muting their phones. Muting may be small annoyance, but a repeatedly occuring one, which adds up to lot of annoyance!
While this is a little tool that lives within ~300 lines of code, it embodies a larger vision of computing tools that are less about maximizing "user engagement" (i.e. keeping people's time and attention) and more about thoughtfully and invisibly serving people's needs.
Creator: Per Astrom
Mutemate relies on proximity sensor hardware (found in nearly all smart phones). Some models, including Galaxy S20 and later Samsung devices, use "virtual proximity sensors", which may not work properly with Android's API. incl. The app works optimally on Pixel phones. Please keep in mind that this is a Beta version that may need future tweaks, such as power optimization. If you have feedback, suggestions or wish to collaborate, please feel free to email me at [email protected].
Mutemate is free and open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. All designs were created by Per Astrom and distributed under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 4.0 International).