It’s been almost six months since Google launched its latest TV-focused platform, appropriately called Google TV, alongside new Chromecast hardware. However, Google TV was launched without some key features from families with young children. You don’t have to worry about it anymore, as Google TV will soon support kids’ profiles and some screen time control features.
Google says you add new profiles using existing Google accounts, assuming your child is old enough to have one. Otherwise, you can just add a profile with a name and age. There on, parents can decide what apps they want to be available on a kid’s profile and share movies and TV shows that were purchased on an adult’s account with the rest of the family.
Screen time limits are also built into this profile, letting a parent say how much time each kid gets; there’s also a “bedtime” schedule to wind things down, not unlike the digital well-being features found on most smartphones these days. You can also sync these screen time limits across other Google devices like a Chromebook or Android phone.
These new features will be available on Google TV for users in the US over the next month; they’ll be available “globally” over the next couple of months.
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