An outraged mom has slammed tech giant Google, claiming the company sent a 'predatory' email to her 12-year-old son about turning off parental controls. Melissa McKay, 46, said her son received an ...

Google has been accused of ‘grooming’ children by emailing them ahead of their 13th birthday with information on how to switch off parental controls. The company contacted children directly, telling ...

Google is emailing 13-year-olds instructing them on how to remove parental controls without consent from the parents. Google’s policy permits children to “graduate” from parental controls as soon as ...

Google says it is ending its practice of emailing 13-year-olds step-by-step instructions on how to remove parental controls after backlash from parents and parental rights advocates. The tech giant ...

Google has launched a new Android Canary release channel for developers to test experimental features. A new “Parental controls” setting has appeared in Pixel devices running the Canary build. The ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Google has added a new Parental Controls hub in Android Settings, which is now rolling out in Android 16 QPR2 beta. The hub combines on-device, PIN-protected controls with existing Family Link ...

THERE are more ways than ever to manage how your kids interact with tech – but for many parents, it’s definitely confusing.