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Application Guard

Application Guard allows parents to control which applications a child can use and for how long. A list of applications is downloaded from the child’s mobile device. You can select from five predefined age groups with default values for blocked and allowed content, or customize the settings to your preference.

Block inappropriate apps — This feature provides extra peace of mind for parents by only displaying apps suitable for children based on age group. Age-inappropriate apps can be automatically blocked.

Apps - Applications are divided into three categories:

Unlimited icon_unlimited – These applications are always enabled and children can use them all the time.

Blocked icon_blocked – These applications are always blocked and access to them is restricted.

Time-limited icon_timelimited – These apps are appropriate and children can use them, but parents can set a time limit for the usage. For example, games and entertaining applications.

You can change the categories of applications, view all the installed applications and filter them by multiple categories. To change a category of an application, tap the selected application and select a category.

Limit applications — When enabled, time limits are applied to time-limited applications. You can find list of time-limited applications icon_timelimited in the Apps option.

Time Limits — This option is only available when the Limit application option is enabled. This feature lets you set daily time limits for the time-limited applications icon_timelimited .

Battery protector — When the child's phone battery drops under the selected limit, the battery protector will block time-limited applications to prolong the child's phone battery life.

Instant Block — This feature immediately blocks time-limited applications or all applications until a specific date and time.

 

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More information about the application

1.Click on the application you want to manage.

2.Click the information icon.

3.You will be redirected to a Google Play page that contains more information about the app you want to manage.

As part of Application Guard, apps marked as time-limited applications will have a time limit set for their amount of usage. Parents can permit a child to use time-limited applications for a specified amount of time on their mobile device. Alternative time limits can be set for school days and non-school days, and the time allowed can be set to specific hours during the day.

Vacation mode allows you to temporarily disable the time limits for occasions like vacations and holidays. Time limits and budgets will be disabled until the time you have selected.


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Blocking

If you disable app blocking but keep Application Guard enabled, app monitoring will be still active.