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Google expands Family Link parental controls to manage teens, too

Because your options need to change as your kids get older.

Lori Grunin Senior Editor / Advice
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Google announced on Tuesday that its Family Link app has been updated with more teen-focused options, such as allowing them to turn off supervision, but letting parents know that they'd done so.

Google launched Family Link a year ago, giving parents the ability to manage the active hours, available apps and phone time for kids' Android -- and later Chrome OS -- devices. The new options are launching first on Android and will subsequently roll out for Chromebooks.

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