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About Google Family Link
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App Name
Google Family Link
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Package Name
com.google.android.apps.kids.familylink
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Developer
Google LLC -
Category
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Rating
4.6
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Version
2.59.0.2025w34.796777129
Introduction to Google Family Link for parents
Google Family Link for parents is a parental control app designed to keep families safer online. With tools that provide flexibility to choose the right balance for your family, these features help create healthy digital habits while giving parents the ability to monitor their child’s online activity.
Features of Google Family Link for parents
Family Link has various tools that are easy-to-use, allowing parents to understand how their children spend time on their devices and manage the privacy settings. The following are some key features of Google Family Link:
- Screen time limits: Parents can set downtime and time limits for every app, creating a healthy balance.
- Age-appropriate content: Parents can approve or block apps their child wants to download by choosing the right YouTube experience for their child.
- Privacy Protection: Permissions management in Family Link allow parents to understand their child’s data settings, view/manage permissions for websites and extensions accessed through Chrome, and monitor apps downloaded on their child’s device.
- Account Security: Family Link gives parents access to manage their child's account information and data settings. They can change or reset the child's password, edit their personal information, and delete their account if necessary.
- Device Location: Parents can locate their children on one map as long as they carry their devices.
- Notifications and Alerts: Family Link delivers critical notifications including when your child arrives or leaves a certain location, can ring devices and view the device’s remaining battery life.
Pros of Google Family Link for parents
Google Family Link is a comprehensive app for parental control that has various features to monitor a child's online activity. It helps parents manage their child’s purchases and downloads from Google Play. The app is easy-to-use and compatible with multiple devices, offering suitable balance for every family.
Cons of Google Family Link for parents
Google Family Link is designed with different tools, but these may depend on the child’s device, limiting some tools that a parent can utilize. Although Family Link provides tools to manage a child's online experience, it cannot determine the content, thus becoming difficult to manage completely. Parents need to review their child's installed apps regularly and disable those they don’t want them to use.
