According to the Wall Street Journal, a bug in Apple’s Screen Time parental controls allows children to bypass daily time restrictions set by their parents on their iPhones.
If you feel like your kids are spending a lot more screen time than you’ve allowed them, you might not be wrong. Indeed, Apple has confirmed to various American media thata bug prevented certain screen time limits set in the Family Sharing system from recording correctlyallowing children to use their smartphone as much as they want.
Indeed, it would appear that the “Screen Time” feature, which normally allows parents to remotely manage a child’s device, restrict device usage to certain hours, set time limits for applications and block inappropriate content, does not work as it should.
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Screen Time has a bug on iPhones
Within these screen time settings, the Downtime feature is a useful tool that allows parents to set the number of hours per day that their children can use their device, either limiting their use or rendering the device unusable. For busy parents, it’s a useful way to make sure kids aren’t spending too much time on their devices and protect them from accessing inappropriate content.
Unfortunately, the feature does not always work, forcing parents to go through multiple attempts to set up parental controls. ” We are aware that some users may experience an issue where Screen Time settings reset unexpectedly an Apple spokeswoman told the outlet. ” We take these reports very seriously and have made and will continue to make updates to improve the situation. “.
Apple said it fixed the bug with the iOS 16.6 update, citing a sync issue between devices, but the problem persists even with the iOS 17 beta.it had taken her three attempts to change her child’s off hours. It now remains to be seen when Apple will correct the problem, but since the American giant is already aware of its existence, we imagine that it is already actively working to solve it.