Google Family Link for Parents
The size of the app is only 11 MB. It has 1 million downloaders with an average rating of 4.3 stars rated by more than thirty thousand peoples. The latest version of the app was updated on 10 November 2018. You need to grand some permissions such as contact, location, storage and other services like read sync settings, full network access, prevent phone from sleeping, receive data from the internet etc. The app is uploaded in the category of tools in google play store. The app can be also downloaded from the apple store through the link;
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-family-link/id1150085200
The app will help to set digital ground rules for children and teens. After opening the app you need to start an account with your mail id. Then set an option about who is using the device. After that, you need to create an account for your child to connect with him or her. You can view and manage their activities easily with the help of this app. The main highlights of the apps are;
- You can set time to reduce the rate of the usage of mobiles. When the time limit reaches, the device will automatically lock.
- The app will help you to check the device location and you can ensure that your child is in a safe place or not.
- The main aim of the app us to control your children from using mobiles heavily at all time.
- You can disable the apps those you don’t want the children to use. You cannot disable the pre-installed apps.
Nowadays the teachers are recommended this app for parents to control children from the digitalized world.
This is an application offered by Google LLC and released on September 19 2018. It can be download from google play store through the link.