What Users Really Think About Google Family Link

Extremely limited parental controls beyond basic time limits, wastes parents' time with poor usability

"as far as I can tell, that's pretty much the extent of the parental control capabilities. I want to be a"

"Google Family Link promises meaningful parental controls, but in practice it is frustratingly limited and wastes a huge amount of parents' time"

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This app is good, but it needs more capabilities. I would like to see it be able to also shut off the phone completely except for emergency call. Because if you’re already on the phone at the shut down time, it doesn’t disconnect the call. I would also like to see the emergency call feature be r...

Liked this app at first, set it up for my son’s phone and tablet. His Tablet doesn’t always have WiFi but the phone at least always has service. When i try to lock the device it doesn’t do so like it did at first, the same with UNlocking devices, it doesn’t do it or takes forever and is just really ...

I received a message that my child’s account will be delivered in 14 days. I’m trying to update his age but in the app after updating the same empty field!!! Whole day I’m trying to resolve it and there is nothing, no help from Google, not possible to even chat with them, only AI. The steps on the s...

Google Family Link promises meaningful parental controls, but in practice it is frustratingly limited and wastes a huge amount of parents’ time. After spending hours setting up supervision, curating YouTube content, and configuring devices like Chromecast, parents discover that key safety features s...

The spot for the parent access code disappeared. Our WiFi is out, so I can’t remotely unlock anything, and it won’t give me the option to put in my password instead of a code.

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The child can take it off whenever they want. You still can look up inappropriate sites when you use different internet apps