Google’s new Family Link app helps parents keep tabs on their kids’ phone habits

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Last week, it was discovered that the YouTube Kids app contained a hidden reference to a Family Link app, which was presumed to be a way for parents to remotely block and monitor videos their children were watching. Google has now unveiled the new service and it’s much more ambitious than we originally thought.

Family Link is a new app that connects not just your Google account but also your child’s. To set it up you’ll need three things: the app, an Android phone running Android KitKat 4.4 or higher (for you), and a newer Android phone running Nougat (for the little one). Once that’s all set up, the two phones will be linked and parents will be able to keep tabs on just about everything their kid is doing with their phone.

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