

Unfortunately, these updates are far from real-time. With Family Locator, you can also track your child’s location on a map and see a timeline of where they’ve been, as well as receiving notifications when they leave or arrive at a specific location (such as school). You can see what your child has been up to on their device – how long they used specific apps and the web and YouTube searches they’ve made – and you’ll get notifications when they install a new app.

There are additional features, but they’re not available on all platforms and aren’t always as useful as they sound.

Primarily it does two things: prevents your kids from using their device (and specific apps) too much and stops them seeing inappropriate things in a web browser.
