In January Patently Apple posted a report titled "Big Apple Shareholders Sent Apple a Letter Saturday urging them to take Steps to Address Growing iPhone Addiction." Earlier this month a group of Stanford University students staged a protest outside of Apple's headquarters to draw attention to the issue of smartphone addiction.
CNN now reports that while "Apple isn't rolling out any new features or controls at this time, they have a new 'Families' page" as noted in our cover graphic. "It's an attempt to help parents understand and use all the features that are already floating around on Apple devices. Many parents may not know that they have the power to track their children's location, monitor and limit their purchases, and filter what content they can see on their devices.
It also covers privacy, health related settings like sleep mode, sharing between family members, and the use of Apple devices in education. The company also updated its support page for parental controls.
Screen time and kids is an increasingly fraught topic. A recent survey from Common Sense Media found that 98 percent of homes with children have mobile devices, and young children are spending an average of 48 minutes a day on them. According to the study, 42% of those young kids already have their own device.
You could visit Apple's new 'Families' page here and the full CNN report here. Apple had stated back in January that new solutions were on the way and we're likely to see them introduced at this year's WWDC 2018 in June to show that Apple is responding to shareholder and public concerns.
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