Applicable for: Android;Windows;iOS
Norton Family allows your children to explore the web freely, while letting you know when and where they spend time online. You use simple settings to define house rules that protect all of your child's devices, allow you to monitor their activities, and protect their private information. Norton Family gives you real-time alerts when your children try to do something that is not allowed by the house rules. You also get a detailed, consolidated report that provides all of the history of your child's Internet activities for the past 30 days.
You can use Norton Family on your child's Windows computer, Android phone and tablet, iPhone, and iPad. However, the features that are supported differ based on the device's operating system. To view your child's activities or update any of your family settings, you can use either Norton Family website or Norton Family mobile app.
To get the best from Norton Family, ask your children to use Norton Family browser for the browsing activities on their mobile devices.
You can try Norton Family free for 30 days. Once the trial period ends, you must subscribe for Norton Family to continue using it.
Text message supervision and call blocking features are currently disabled on Android. For more information, read Important Update to Norton Family's SMS and Call Feature.
Norton Family offers the following features to keep your children safe online:
Web supervision is supported on Windows computer, Android phone and tablet, iPhone, and iPad.
Mobile network - Your device constantly communicates with one of the closest cell tower through the SIM card. This communication is used to track your child.
WiFi - Your device can be surrounded by wireless networks. In such cases, the wireless network data is used to find the location.
GPS - A satellite-based navigation system. If your device supports GPS, your device triangulates its own position by getting signals from at least three satellites.
Search supervision is supported on Windows computer, Android phone and tablet, iPhone, and iPad.
Video supervision is supported on Windows computer, Android phone and tablet, iPhone, and iPad.
YouTube
Hulu (only on Windows computer)
App supervision is supported on Android phones, tablets, and Windows devices.
App supervision feature is only available on Windows 8 or later versions. This feature is not supported on UWP or Microsoft Store based Apps and the apps that run as a service.
Instant lock is supported on Windows computer, Android phone and tablet, iPhone, and iPad.
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