

There is a Google Family web front-end too, but it’s not as useful. It probably goes without saying, but you’re going to want to be an Android user for this, and unsurprisingly enough the easiest way to set up your family is from your phone. I would really like to see Google implement a notification feature of some kind where you can remotely approve purchases. That means if your child isn’t with you at the time, they can’t buy anything-even if you say it’s okay. The one thing worth noting here, however, is that if you set Google Family to require approval for purchases, you have to physically be available to enter your password. You pick and choose what each person in the Family gets access to, be that requiring approval for all paid content, only in-app purchases, or no content at all. The account manager chooses a shared payment method that everyone in the family has access to, but fret not-members don’t just get blanket access to use the card (unless you set it up that way). Google Family is also required to use Google’s Family Link app to make your child’s Android device just a bit safer. It’s pretty all-encompassing when it comes to sharing content with your loved ones-Google Calendar and Keep also both make it easy to share specific things with the people in your family. If you subscribe to certain Google Services, like YouTube Red, YouTube TV, or Google Play Music’s Family Plan, you can also share those subscriptions with your family (though the latter requires a family plan). RELATED: How to Manage Your Child's Android Phone with Google Family Link Note: App and game developers have to allow their apps to be shared in the Family Library, so sharing isn’t available for every purchase. Each person, of course, has granular control over how their content gets shared: you can have your content shared automatically as soon as you buy it, or pick and choose manually. With Google Family, anyone in the family can buy content-books, movies, games, apps, music, and the like-and then other people in your family have access to it.
