While technology is benefiting children in many ways, excessive phone use is also the root cause of many diseases. In the present times, balancing online and offline life is a challenge. Especially, if we look at it from the point of view of children, it is even more difficult. Nowadays children use their phones for hours.
Google has understood these problems of parents. The company has recently introduced a new feature for Android users. The School Time feature allows parents to keep an eye on their children. What is this feature and how can parents take its help? Here we are going to tell everything about this.
Google's new feature will get rid of phone addiction
If your children have got into the bad habit of using the phone for many hours, then this feature of Google will prove to be useful for you. This feature of Google helps parents to keep an eye on their children's phones. If parents want, they can also decide which app will remain open on the phone for how long or how long the child will use the phone.
Google School Time Feature is very useful
Google's School Time Feature permits to use the phone on a dedicated home screen. If this feature is turned on, then only some selected apps or files can be accessed on the phone. This feature can be used through the Google Family Link app. If your child uses the phone while studying in school, then it can be turned off with the help of this feature. In this, children are allowed to contact only a few contacts.
How to use the School Time feature?
-First of all, install the Google Family Link app from the Play Store.
-You will be asked if your child has a Google account, then tap on 'Yes'. If not, then on 'NO'.
-Now after reading the instructions, click Next.
-Here you have to create a Google account for the child. After creating the account, save the mail ID and password.
-There will be a lot of information written here, read it once. It will tell what benefits you will get in the app.
-After this, you will have to follow some more steps, which you will understand on the screen.
This process was for those who have not created a Google account for their child, but if you already have an account, then you will have to follow the process given below.
Go to the child's profile in the Google Family Link app.
Here you will get two options, Settings or Control Feature. Click on anyone.
Set the screen time here according to your convenience.
Now select those apps that you want to keep away from the reach of children.
After selecting it, tap on Done. Now the setting has been turned on, you just have to turn on the parent control setting in the child's phone.
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