Given that kids like to use Assistant, Google is rolling out new parental controls, as well as new kid-friendly voices and Kids Dictionary. Update 12/14: In Google Assistant settings, the ...

While it’s not live just yet, it appears that Google Messages is adding support for powerful parental controls that can stop a user from sending a message until they’re granted approval.

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 ...

Family Link is now easier to find. When logged into your Google Account, just search for "parental controls." An information box listing the accounts you supervise and a link to each of their ...

Both adults and children enjoy using Google Assistant, but children can sometimes get into trouble or access things they aren't supposed to. To keep your children safe, parental controls can ...

Google on Wednesday announced a series of updates for its parental control software Google Family Link and a plan to test new machine-learning techniques to estimate users’ ages so it could ...

For starters, Google is handing more control to parents. Until now, parental controls for Google Assistant interacting with kids were non-existent. Now, through the Google Home, Family Link and Google ...

He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Google is redesigning its parental control Family Link app with an easier interface and new features, like the ability to get alerted ...

For those giving a standard smartphone, Apple and Google redesigned their parental-control features this year to make them easier to find and use. Apple’s dashboard is called Family Sharing, ...