GlobalStats reports that Samsung holds more than 28% market share and is the most-loved phone manufacturer in the world. Samsung’s popularity is due to its many middle-range smartphones. Many parents choose to give their children a Samsung smartphone as their first smartphone, because they are less expensive than iPhones. Parents need to know how to set parental controls on their children’s phones in order to safeguard them from potential health and safety risks. Samsung phones share the same operating system, Android, even though each model has different hardware specifications. We’ll show you how to set parental controls for all Samsung phones purchased after March 2016. They are running on Android 7.0 Nougat ).
This article will show you how to set parental controls on Samsung smartphones using the features that are available or installing Safes parental control software. You’ll be able decide which protection method you want by the end of this article.
Parental Settings on Samsung Phones
Samsung Galaxy phones come with parental controls. Open your phone’s Settings and scroll down to “Digital Wellbeing and parental control”. You will find ‘Parental control ‘. ‘ in this section.
After tapping parental controls, select ‘Parent’ from the panel. The phone will guide you through the steps to download and install ‘Google Family Link. Now, open Google Family Link. Follow a few steps to add the device of your child.
Note: If parental controls are not available on your phone’s screen, it’s likely that you purchased your phone prior to 2020. If this is the case, you can still download Google Family Link from Google Play if your phone is running Android 7.0 Nougat.
You will need to do the same thing on your child’s phone in order to pair it with yours. After tapping parental controls, choose ‘Child/teen’ instead of ‘Parent. Next, download and install the Family Link child and teenager app. Then, open the app and enter Family Link’s setup code.
Note : If your child has a phone without parental controls, you can get and install Family Link from Google Play.
What Does Google Family Link Do?
Google Family Link is a parental control app that allows you to monitor the apps and websites your child visits on their phone. It also lets you see how much time they spend there. You can see your child’s browsing history, block inappropriate websites and search keywords, and you can also view their browsing history. Screen time reports will allow you to see if your child is using too many apps and help you limit their screen time. A screen time schedule may be created for each day of the week. All the control and monitoring can be done remotely from your smartphone. The app displays your child’s current location and history of recently visited places.
These are the main features in Google Family Link:
- Screen Time Limit
- Screen Time Report
- Screen Time Schedule
- App Blocking
- Browsing History
- Web Blocking
- Safe Search
- Live Location
- Location History
Disadvantages of Google Family Link
Google Family Link provides multiple parental control options for Samsung Galaxy phones at no cost. However, there are some limitations and disadvantages to this feature.
Platform Limitation
Google Family Link works with Android, iOS, Chrome, and Chrome. It doesn’t work with Mac and Windows devices.
Age Limitation
Google Family Link allows you to monitor all children. Children over 13 years old can opt not to allow you to monitor them.
Web Portal
Google Family Link offers a web panel that you can access from your computer. It can be used to monitor your child’s mobile usage even if you don’t have internet access. You cannot, however, limit or block your child’s access to the internet.
Safe Search
Google Family Link uses Safe Search for blocking inappropriate content from your child’s search results. This feature is probably something you have seen while searching the internet. Google Safe Search is not perfect, however, as you might have noticed.
Safes Parental Controls on Samsung
Google Family Link is for you if you are satisfied with the parental control features that Google Family Link provides and don’t mind its pitfalls. Safes parental control suites are available at a very affordable price. They provide all the same features as Google Family Link, plus more.
Safes, a multiplatform parental control software, can be used to monitor and control the use of children’s smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops, and other devices. It protects your child offline, as well as the digital world.
We’ve compared the following features of Safes with Family Link in the table:
We’ll be discussing some of Safes’s most important parental control features on all Samsung phones in the following.
Screen Time Profile
Safes does more than limit your child’s screen-time and create a schedule. Safes allows you to create screen time profiles for specific days and locations, without needing to change your schedule. You can allow your child to use certain apps more during holidays or visits to grandparents, for example.
Geofence
You can use the GPS to mark geographic zones and set rules using your child’s smartphone. You can, for example, block distracting apps by identifying your child’s school. Geofence will notify you whenever your child enters or exits the school, as well as any other areas you have defined on the map.
Safe Search
Safes lits inappropriate keywords in many categories such as violence, pornography, and shopping. You can choose to block any of them. You can add additional websites to block or make exceptions from the categories.
Instant Block
You can immediately pause your child’s phone if they are using it too much at one time or another. Your child will be unable to use any apps, except calling or sending SMS.
Bedtime mode is another feature that’s similar to instant block. You can set your child’s phone to pause at a specific time in the night. This will stop your child from getting up after bedtime.
Call & SMS Logging
Safes allows you to see the phone numbers that your child calls or receives calls from. You can also view the number your child sends and receives SMS messages from. You can also view the contents of SMS messages sent by your child.
Number Blocking
Block unwelcome calls and SMS to your child using Safes
Battery Life
You can see the battery life of your child’s phone. This is a great advantage if your child is out of the country and you are worried about losing access. It’s possible to reach out to your child prior to their battery dying.
Age Limitation & Uninstall Protection
If your child is under 18, you can set parental controls on their Samsung phone. This is not Google Family Link. They can’t revoke or uninstall your settings.
Web Portal
Safes’s web portal allows you to access the Safes control panel from your phone. You have full control over the activity of your children’s phones, unlike Google Family Link.
Family Sharing
The family sharing feature allows parents to keep track of their child’s phone usage. Both parents can monitor their child’s phone usage using different phones.
