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Apple calls it “Family Settings.” Norway is the first out.
On Tuesday, Apple surprised by announcing a new product that no one had heard of before, the Airpods Max headphones.
On Wednesday, the company surprised again and confirmed that Norway was the first country outside the US where the family configuration service was launched.
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It is a system where children or other family members can use the functions of the Apple Watch smart watch even if they do not have or want an iPhone.
The service will be available from December 14 and requires a separate mobile subscription, which only Telia appears to offer in the first place.
The settings ensure that the user gets their own mobile phone number and thus can make and receive calls and send and read messages through the watch. Apple promises that parents will have full control over the screen time and applications installed on the watch.
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GPS watches have been popular with children for a long time, and now Apple is announcing its arrival in this market. Apple writes in a press release:
With Find People on Apple Watch, a family member’s location can be shared with guardians, and location alerts can be customized so that parents can get location information for family members once, multiple times or at a scheduled time.
Children or the elderly with a familiar background can also use the emergency call and emergency information services to contact emergency services or provide information on medical conditions, allergies and medications.
At the same time, some parts of the system are of limited age. The activity app also does not record the calories burned in a child, but the number of minutes of activity.
A feature called School Time should limit the watch’s functions for certain periods of time. We assume this is a feature that is more popular with teachers than students …
According to Apple, all personal information, including location, communication, training and health, is encrypted on devices and in iCloud.
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