Apple Adds New Parental Controls to iPhone, iPad and Mac
Apple rolls out new child safety tools with iOS 27. Image: Apple
Apple is rolling out new parental controls for iPhone, iPad and Mac, including website approvals, Screen Time changes and expanded safety tools.
Sep 16, 2026
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Apple is giving parents more control over what their children can access — and making kids ask before crossing some of those boundaries.
New child-safety features are rolling out with iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27, including website approval requests, expanded Communication Safety protections and new controls for managing screen time and setting up Child Accounts. Apple first previewed the changes at WWDC in June.
The headline feature is Ask to Browse. It works like Apple’s existing Ask to Buy...
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