Google Family Link: The app for parental control - all info

The bigger the online world gets, the more important control and protection mechanisms for youngsters are. Google has developed the Family Link app for this purpose. We show what the app can do.

Family Link allows you to set precise settings for your children's mobile use.

The Family Link app is available free of charge, and the download is available in the Play Store here.

Google Family Link: These options are offered by the app

Family Link offers several features:

• In the app, you can see which apps your child has spent how much time with.
• Before downloading new apps, you will be informed and can decide whether to allow the process.
• With the time limit, you can set healthy limits on the Internet activities of your offspring. Blocking via remote access is also possible.
• Thanks to location access, you can always see where your child is, provided this is enabled on the smartphone.

In addition, you can send recommendations for suitable content. In this way, you direct attention to advisable apps, which increases the likelihood that they will be used.Overall, Family Link fits Google's parental control mechanisms, as they are also present in other areas, such as the child-safe mode on YouTube.