The safety of children in the technology world is becoming increasingly important each day. Google reinforces its responsibility in this area with a new feature. This new feature, named ‘School Time’, aims to help children focus on their education by limiting their phone and tablet usage during school hours.
Restricting Children’s Mobile Device Usage During School Hours
School Time feature will be available on certain Android devices, tablets, and Samsung branded smart watches. Parents can use this feature to block their children’s access to certain apps, limit calls and messages from unwanted contacts, and also have the ability to lock the devices at set times.
Google will offer the School Time feature through Family Link, a platform that allows parents to more closely monitor their children’s digital activities. For now, Google has not disclosed which Android phone models will use the feature. However, when the feature is launched, we will learn which devices it will be offered on and whether or not it will be available in our country.
This feature, which aims to prevent children’s attention from being distracted and help them focus more on their education, appears as a fine example of using technology in favor of education.
Features to Lock Children’s Phones and Block Access to Certain Apps
With this new update, Google enables children’s phone and tablet usage during educational hours to be controlled. Parents will be able to breathe easier with these features that ensure their children stay away from distracting apps during school times.
