Google Family Link for PC

★ ★ ★ Google Family Link Overview

What is Google Family Link?

Google Family Link is a parental control app that helps parents keep their children safe online. It provides tools to manage your child's online experience and keep them safer online. With Family Link, parents can set screen time limits, guide their children to age-appropriate content, manage and secure their child's account, and stay connected on the go. Family Link is designed to give parents the flexibility to choose the right balance for their family and help them create healthy digital habits.

Software Features and Description

1. • While Family Link helps you manage your child's purchases and downloads from Google Play, they will not need approval to install app updates (including updates that expand permissions), apps you have previously approved, or apps that have been shared in Family Library.

2. • Set screen time limits — Family Link lets you set downtime for your child’s device and time limits for apps, so you can help them find a healthy balance.

3. Family Link can not determine the content on the internet, but it can give parents the opportunity to make decisions about how their child spends time on their device, and determine what path to online safety looks best for your family.

4. • While Family Link provides tools to manage your child’s online experience and keep them safer online, it does not make the internet safe.

5. Family Link’s easy to use tools allow you to understand how your child is spending time on their device, see their device location, manage privacy settings, and more.

6. Parents should regularly review their child’s installed apps and app permissions in Family Link.

7. • Secure their account — Family Link gives you access to manage your child's account and data settings.

8. We know that every family’s relationship with technology is unique, so we designed tools like Family Link that give you the flexibility to choose the right balance for your family, and help them create healthy digital habits.

9. • Protect their privacy — Permissions management in Family Link allow you to make meaningful choices about your child’s data.

10. Google Family Link is a parental controls app that helps you keep your family safer online.

11. • Get notifications and alerts — Family Link delivers critical notifications including when your child arrives or leaves a certain location.

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Download and install Google Family Link on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Google Family Link	Get App ↲	213,209 4.64	Google LLC

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Google Family Link 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 Google Family Link on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

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

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Google LLC	4.64	2.36.28445

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native Google Family Link 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 Google Family Link,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "Google Family Link" » then Click "Install".
- Google Family Link 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 Google Family Link on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Google LLC	213209	4.64

Google Family Link functions

- Set screen time limits

- Approve or block apps your child wants to download

- Choose the right YouTube experience for your child

- Manage and secure your child's account

- Protect their privacy

- Secure their account

- Locate your children on one map

- Get notifications and alerts

- Compatible with supervised Google accounts

- Available for supervised Google accounts only

- Family Link does not make the internet safe, but it can give parents the opportunity to make decisions about how their child spends time on their device.

✔ Pros:

- Allows parents to remotely lock the phone and view their child's location

- Parents can approve which apps are allowed to be downloaded

- Has a GPS tracker and a shut down setting

- Can set limits and bedtimes for phone usage

☹ Cons:

- Cannot put a message on the phone when it is locked

- Cannot approve certain apps to always be available when locked

- Cannot limit only certain people that the child can call or text when phone is locked

- Only available for kids under 13, limiting its usefulness for older children

- Website approvals need improvement, as it requires permission for each site and does not automatically approve related links.

Top Pcmac Reviews

Half ok, half useless

By Rubie22 (Pcmac user)

This is free and does SOME of what I need it to do. Its biggest flaw is that just as you begin to need it, it becomes unavailable. Get this parents, It’s only for kids UNDER 13. Whaaaat? What’s the point? My kids really didn’t need restrictions much before then because #1, They were mostly only interested in using one or two specific things, and #2 they were on MY devices. By the time I want to hand a device over to them to begin developing some responsibility and independence, the app apparently thinks they suddenly become ready to completely parent THEMSELVES. 13? Yeah, useless. I was able to get around that for awhile by creating an account for my teen with a false birthdate. (Yeah well, ya do what ya gotta do to protect your kids) The other problem is that I can’t limit time for specific apps. The options are very general and vague. When my 12 y/old’s time is up, she cannot even text me or receive my texts. She can only call me using the emergency function. This is very inconvenient because a phone call during the day is often much less feasible than quick text. If they change these policies, they might have something great!
Needs tweaking

By p_maciel (Pcmac user)

I used this to control my 8 year olds phone. While I like that I can set limits and bedtimes, and turn off his phone on command, the website approvals need work. I have it set to where he can’t access the internet at all. He needs permission for each site. When I approve a site, I would like it to automatically approve all links related to the parent site. For example, a Disney game site. I have to approve the website. Then he’ll click a character, let’s say Mickey. So then I have to approve the “new” Mickey site. On that page, he can pick whether he wants to read, draw, color, or play. He wants to read, so now I have to approve that site as well. Oh but now he wants to color. Have to ask for permission again. It’s exhausting. Every single move he makes needs to be approved. This was when I first got the app. Now, I’m having trouble even approving a site all together. I have approved the same site 5x and every time I go to refresh it after the approval, I get promoted to ask for permission again!! I literally have his phone in one hand and mine In the other trying to approve websites to no avail. PLEASE FIX
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Star app

By DAD's FOR LIFE (Pcmac user)

Bought my son a phone for Xmas was worried about how I was going to monitor it but did not want it to take away from the fact of it being a gift. Was setting up the phone and long and behold I seen the question asking is this a adult or a child phone. I was thinking watch me try to get it and it turn in to some other stuff a waste of time etc. Down load was ok opened it up and been in love with it every since a definitely gotta if you are a parent even has a gps tracker and a shut down setting
Pretty good, especially for free!

By Claycali (Pcmac user)

Love how you can lock the phone remotely, view kid’s location, approve which apps are allowed including new ones before downloading. - Wish you could put a message on the phone when you lock it (ie. Let me know when your chores are done so I can unlock it for you!) - Wish you could approve some apps to always be available even when locked (ie. a music app to let them fall asleep to). - Wish you could limit only certain people they can call or text when phone is locked instead of everyone. (I can predict my son talking on the phone with friends all night when I think he’s sleeping because the phone is locked for bedtime.)