By Kid Stuff
- penned by Robert Ramsey
Sony has revealed—and immediately launched—its fresh PlayStation Family companion, a smartphone tool that tracks gaming hours and purchases across several PlayStation profiles. It’s up for grabs on Android as well as iOS.
The headline perk is the power to oversee your youngster’s—or youngsters’—PS5 habits. The software bundles locks and filters you can flip on the console, plus live alerts ping straight to your handset.
Naturally, firms such as Sony must treat parental oversight with utmost gravity. The PS5 already ships with built-in guardrails tweakable from the dashboard, yet this pocket helper should deliver a handier—and perhaps sharper—method of steering the ship.
Below is a speedy rundown of the toolkit:
- Step-by-step wizard to spin up a junior account on PlayStation
- Instant push alerts via the program
- Snapshot summaries of daily and weekly play
- Switches to cap gaming minutes
- Switches to block chosen titles
- Switches to clamp down on wallet activity
- Switches for social features and privacy tweaks
Do you flip on parental locks for your little gamers? reckon this newcomer will lend a hand? Drop your house rules down in the thread.
[source blog.playstation.com]
Robert (or Rob, if brevity wins) serves as associate editor at Push Square and has adored PlayStation since the ’90s, when Tekken 2 dragged him head-first into the dazzling realm of gaming. He still obsesses over fighters, yet RPGs own his heart—The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales… he’s devoured them all. Possibly to excess, if you ask certain people.