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Technology is a wonderful thing
But sometimes, particularly in the case of young children, it pays to keep an eye on how much influence that technology has on their
Family Link, which gives you great insights into how your children are using their devices and potentially the content they see on them
app and follow the setup wizard to create a virtual family structure in your Google account that you can later add your kids to.First, they
An account is needed to sign into an Android phone or tablet anyway, but they can no longer piggy-back off your own login
Once this is set up, log them into the Children Teenagers Family Link app on their device.The big caveat is that Google Family Link can
only exert control over accounts of children aged under 13 (or the applicable age of consent in your country)
Once they reach that age, children are given agency over their own accounts
Perhaps the most important, is that you can approve and block application installs from Google Play
If they try to download the PEGI 18-rated Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, for instance, you can put a stop to it.There are two ways to do that
Google says the apps will be blocked within five minutes
like Chrome just yet.The other approach is more hands-on
In your Google Account settings you can change app approvals so that every download needs to be signed off, including free app and game
downloads and in-app purchases
When the kids try to initiate an install, you receive a notification, prompting you to either block or allow the action.Advanced
controlAndroid Family Link also shows you how much time your children are spending on their devices and in which apps
You can set a daily limit for screen-on time in an effort to create healthy digital habits before they enter the increasingly regimented
school system.Different time limits can be set for different days too, which is handy if you want to be a little more lenient during the
can also put a hard limit on how late into the night they use their phone
Again, they can still call you, which is handy for any sleepover emergencies.Remote controlFamily Link will probably largely be used for
However, you can also remotely lock the phone
You can spend serious money on dedicated kid trackers, which also tend to come with monthly costs, but here all the costs are included with
your phone bill.Long-term monitoringFamily Link radically improves how child- and family-friendly Android phones are
It may be tempting to be a little too heavy-handed, but it gives you the kind of control you might exert over, for example, a games console
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