Norton Family Companion App for PC

★ ★ ★ Norton Family Companion App Overview

What is Norton Family Companion App?

Norton Family is an app that helps parents supervise and manage their children's online activities. It allows parents to block unsuitable websites, see what websites their children are visiting, and monitor their search history. The app also helps parents manage their child's remote learning environment, so they can keep their child focused on schoolwork during the school day. Norton Family lets parents set online time limits and start open and ongoing conversations about building safe and smart online habits.

Software Features and Description

1. Norton Family School Time is a feature to help parents manage their child’s remote learning environment, so you can keep your child focused on schoolwork and avoid other internet distractions during the school day.

2. Access Request: Open the lines of communication by enabling your kids to send you a note from within Norton Family if they disagree with a blocked site or a house rule.

3. And while Norton Family lets you set online time limits, it also helps you start open and ongoing conversations about how to build safe and smart online habits.

4. Parents can configure household policies, manage alerts and reports from family.norton.com. To do this on iOS devices, please download the Norton Family for Parents app.

5. IMPORTANT NOTICE: To use the features of Norton Family on your family’s iOS devices, this Norton Family app should first be installed on your child’s iOS device.

6. Instant Lock: Parents can help kids take a break by locking the device so they can re-focus, or join the family at dinner.

7. Norton Family helps you supervise and manage your kids’ online activities.

8. • Helps you manage your child’s remote learning environment, so you can keep your child focused on schoolwork during the school day.

9. *Video Supervision monitors videos that your kids view on YouTube.com. It does not monitor or track YouTube videos that have been embedded in other websites or blogs.

10. Our helpful tools allow you to monitor kids’ online activities at a glance or be notified by email alerts, so you know when it’s time to talk.

11. Video Supervision*: See a list of the YouTube videos your kids watch on their PCs or iOS devices and even view a snippet of each video, so you know when you need to talk.

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Download and install Norton Family Companion App on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Norton Family Companion App	Get App ↲	742 1.34	NortonLifeLock, Inc.

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Norton Family Companion App app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Norton Family Companion App on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Norton Family Companion App"
The search will reveal the Norton Family Companion App app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Norton Family Companion App is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Norton Family Companion App.
Now enjoy Norton Family Companion App on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	NortonLifeLock, Inc.	1.34	1.15.1

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native Norton Family Companion App Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use Norton Family Companion App,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "Norton Family Companion App" » then Click "Install".
- Norton Family Companion App will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get Norton Family Companion App on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	NortonLifeLock, Inc.	742	1.34

Download on Android: Download Android

Norton Family Companion App functions

- School Time: Helps parents manage their child's remote learning environment, so they can keep their child focused on schoolwork and avoid other internet distractions during the school day.

- Web Supervision: Allows parents to block unsuitable websites while keeping them informed about which sites their children are visiting.

- Time Supervision: Helps parents stay on top of how much time their children spend on their devices.

- Search Supervision: Allows parents to see the words, terms, and phrases their children are searching for to gain insights into their interests and help protect them from inappropriate content.

- Video Supervision: Lets parents see a list of the YouTube videos their children watch on their PCs or iOS devices and even view a snippet of each video, so they know when they need to talk.

- Instant Lock: Allows parents to help their children take a break by locking the device so they can re-focus, or join the family at dinner. Individual devices can be unlocked with a PIN.

- Email Alerts: Sends parents an email when their children attempt to visit a blocked site so that they can start a conversation about appropriate content.

- Access Request: Enables children to send a note from within Norton Family if they disagree with a blocked site or a house rule.

- Monthly/Weekly Reports: Allows parents to opt to receive detailed reports of what their children are doing online, right in their email in-box.

- Mobile App: Must be downloaded separately.

- Account: An account is required to use the Norton Family app. Parents can set up, review, manage, and customize their House Rules and Settings for each child they've added by signing in to their account at my.norton.com using the credentials they created.

Note: Video Supervision monitors videos that children view on YouTube.com. It does not monitor or track YouTube videos that have been embedded in other websites or blogs.

✔ Pros:

- The app replaces the phone's browser with a more easily traceable one for parents.

- It works well enough to be acceptable.

- The time monitoring feature can restrict phone usage during certain hours.

☹ Cons:

- New tabs take a considerable amount of time to load.

- Certain websites are poorly optimized for the app.

- The recent forced VPN install is burning through data on cellular data and interfering with other apps.

- The app blocks all social media apps, which may not be desirable for some users.

- The time monitoring feature may have issues with icons not returning after the restricted hours are over.

Top Pcmac Reviews

This app needs so much help

By Mrs.Anderson731 (Pcmac user)

Downloaded this app on my daughter’s new iPhone 6S. Got everything set up only to find that she can no longer use any of her social platforms. This app blocks all social media apps. She can no longer use Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger..... Total pain. So now in order for her to use any of these apps, she has to log into them from a website. This is ok except for the fact that not all of these apps have websites (e.g. Tiktok, Snapchat...). On top of this, there is no parental app or easy way to control or manage you child’s devise. There is no parental app to do this. You actually have to log into a website from a computer. You can try to log into the website from your phone, but by the time you are done trying to navigate the app’s poorly designed website, you will want to throw your phone up against a wall. the app has been promising a parental control app for months but still nothing. This app is definitely not worth what the app charges for it. In fact, it’s not worth anything at all. I’m done with it. Cancelling the service and looking for something different. I suggest that you run as far away from this app as you can!
Bad Choice, doesn’t work and support can’t help!!!

By Tecdiver (Pcmac user)

I used the time monitoring portion of the app Family to restrict our two sons phones from 10am to 5:30 am. During this time it removed the icons from the phones. At 5:30 am the icons did not return. I called support and they could not see in THEIR system what was being transmitted to the phone app. I disabled the phone/iPad feature and after an hours the apps returned. Even though it was disabled the next evening it turned the icons off, at 5:30am again it did not turn back on and never did. I tried everything to gain control of the phone, but since when it took away the icons it took the the app app too, i cannot get into the app to put in the over ride password. I cant remove the app from the phone until it is unlocked and can not unlock it. We will be cancelling this service and going to Mcafee!!!
was good but now bad changes

By Livi<3 Maggie (Pcmac user)

was working fine until the recent forced vpn install. Now, when on cellular data, it’s burning through data like crazy. but when i turn off cellular data for the app, it also stops other apps from working, like Life360 tracker. i tried to turn off the vpn manually but it comes back on as soon as i open the the app browser. wish they would go back to how it was two weeks ago - before the vpn!
Other reviewers are just salty.

By AFistfulOfLoadedDice (Pcmac user)

My parents installed this app on my phone, and I am honestly just disappointed with how other reviewers treat it. This app does what it says it does, and does it fairly well. It’s supposed to replace the phone’s browser with something more easily traceable for your parents, and that’s exactly what it is and what it does. Now, that isn’t to say it’s perfect. New tabs take a considerable amount of time to load, and certain websites, like the one my school uses for grades, are pretty poorly optimized for it. Overall, it works well enough to be perfectly acceptable.