Google Family Link

Name: Google Family Link
Author: Google LLC

2.105.0.2026w42.997825758

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

Google Family Link: parental controls for kids' screen time

By Hafiz Rahman

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Daily screen time limits on a child's device
School time and downtime schedules
Time limits set app by app
Unlimited time for educational and regularly used apps
Blocking individual apps
Seeing how a child spends time on their device and where it is

What parents use Family Link to set up

Family Link is a parental controls app from Google for families who want rules on a child's device. The developer frames it as a way to find a workable balance between screen time and other parts of a child's day, rather than a single fixed block on use.

The rules are built from a few layers: overall daily limits, scheduled periods, and limits on particular apps. Those layers are described as working together, so a family can start broad and narrow down where they need to.

Daily limits, school time and downtime

Daily time limits cap how long a child's device can be used in a day. Separate school time and downtime schedules let a parent set different rules for weekdays at school and for times like bedtime.

These limits apply to the device as a whole, so they work alongside the per-app controls rather than replacing them.

Limits and blocks for individual apps

Each app can get its own time limit, so a game can be capped without touching the rest of the device. Educational apps and regularly used apps can be set to unlimited time, so a child is not cut off from schoolwork or routine tools.

A parent can also block apps outright. Together, per-app limits and blocks give finer control than the device-wide daily cap alone.

Activity, location and privacy settings

The app shows how a child spends time on their device, so a parent can see which activity takes up the day. It also shows the device's location.

Privacy settings for the child's device can be managed from the same app, so the monitoring and the privacy controls sit in one place.

What's new

Oct 12, 2026

New simplified design and screen time tab.

About this APK

The build we hold is Google Family Link 2.104.0.2026w41.993639935 (APKS split bundle) for Android 10 and up.

Version: 2.104.0.2026w41.993639935; 893507
Requires Android: 10+
Target Android: 17

Package ID: com.google.android.apps.kids.familylink
Format: APKS split bundle
Malware scan: Google Play Protect
Permissions: 13 declared · 2 sensitive; Find accounts on the device
Read your contacts
Signed by: CN=unicorn, O=Google Inc.
Certificate SHA-256: 5f18ddca47420841325ed54d1af9484af92f65aac70a3b623c4e867f4ef71e20