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Title: Sony is rolling out a PlayStation parental controls mobile app

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:50:03 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/s...

Sony is finally catching up to something Nintendo and Microsoft have had for
years. The new PlayStation Family app mainly serves as a mobile extension of
on-console parental controls. However, parents also get a few extra perks in
the mobile version.

The app includes a "thoughtfully guided" onboarding process. (I imagine many
people will prefer their phone or tablet over the console for that.) Once
things are set up, parents can do everything they already could on the
console. This includes setting playtime limits, viewing activity reports
(daily and weekly), managing spending and creating content filters. Parents
can also use the app to configure privacy settings for social features.

One of the mobile app's nicer perks is real-time notifications of what the
child is playing. Parents can also approve or deny requests from their
children for extra playtime or access to restricted games from within the
app. That feature will likely get a lot of use.

Although it's a welcome rollout, Sony is quite late to the party. The Xbox
Family Settings app launched over five years ago. Nintendo's parental
controls came even earlier, alongside the original Switch's arrival.

The app starts rolling out globally starting today. If you don't see it yet,
you can try the storefront links for iOS or Android.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/s...
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