Children are getting smartphones and tablets at young ages, and there’s a growing requirement for teens and pre-teens to go online for school assignments and classroom projects. Add in gaming and kids ...

With the widespread use of phones and the growing popularity of platforms like TikTok, monitoring your children's access to the internet has never been more important. Though the internet can be an ...

One big new aspect of parenting in 2025 is keeping an eye on your child in both physical space and cyberspace. Children now are more online than any other generation before, and while that offers a ...

Google offers a variety of parental control features in Android via the Family Link app. You can set up a phone from scratch for your child or set parental control settings later using Family Link, ...

Google is testing new Parental Control settings in the latest Android Canary build, potentially allowing parents to set screen time limits and content restrictions through the Digital Wellbeing menu.

Samsung has introduced new parental control features in One UI 7 on the Galaxy S25 series. This includes the ability to block sexually explicit and violent web content in the Samsung Internet app. It ...

Google has launched a new Android Canary release channel for developers to test experimental features. A new “Parental controls” setting has appeared in Pixel devices running the Canary build. The ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. Android ...

Google Messages could soon get Parental Controls. Conversations inside the app may require an adult’s permission to go through, and perhaps even to be opened or viewed. Google Messages has been ...