How to Block Unhealthy Content on Android

Open

Google Play Store. Tap the Google Play Store app with the multicolored triangle icon to do this.

• The SPIN Safe Browser app helps prevent pornography (along with age-restricted content) from showing up in search results.

Tap the search bar at the top of the screen. With this, you will see the Android keyboard appear on the screen.

Find the SPIN Safe Browser application. Type spin browser in the search bar, and then tap SPIN Safe Browser in the list of results.

Tap INSTALL (Settings). This is the option near the top of the screen.

Tap ACCEPT (Accept) when asked. Thus, the SPIN Safe Browser application will be installed on your device.

Open SPIN Safe Browser. Tap OPEN in the Google Play Store or tap the SPIN Safe Browser app icon.

Browse the web without worrying about adult content. From now on, entering search terms that often have unhealthy results in the search bar SPIN Browser will only show you safely censored results; That means the link or the porn image won’t show up in the search results.

• Note, unhealthy content will still show up on browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, etc. Removing these browsers on Android devices will limit options for accessing adult content.

Open the Google app. Tap the Google app with the red, yellow, green, and blue “G” icon.

Tap . This is the option in the bottom right corner of the screen. You will see a menu displayed here.

Tap Settings . This option displays at the bottom of the menu.

Tap Accounts & privacy . This is the selection shown in the center of the screen. You will see a menu appear after the click.

Tap the slide button

“SafeSearch filter” Now the slider button has turned blue

. From now on, the Google app will filter unhealthy search results.

Make sure you are eligible to use Family Link. You must meet the following requirements before you can use Family Link: ^[2]

• You have children under the age of 13.
  • You can also create a Google account for users 13 and older if you want to set up Family Link for teens.
• Your child’s phone or tablet must be running Android Nougat (Android 7.0) or higher.
• You must have a Google account.
• You must live in an area where this service is available.
  • Where support is available are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the UK and the US.

Get the Family Link app on your Android phone. Do this on the Android device you want to use to control another Android, not on the device where you want to block adult content. You will open

Google Play Store and do the following:

• Tap the search bar.
• Enter family link
• Tap on Google Family Link
• Tap INSTALL (Settings)
• Tap ACCEPT (Accept) when asked.

Open Family Link. Tap OPEN in the Google Play Store, or tap the Family Link app icon. The Family Link app’s introduction screen will appear immediately.

Touch

three times. This is the icon at the bottom of the screen. This will take you to the Family Link settings.

Tap GET STARTED . You’ll see this option at the bottom of the screen.

Tap START . This is the option in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Answer the questions. To install Family Link on Android, you must choose the correct answer by doing the following in the lower right corner of the screen:

• Tap YES (Yes)
• Tap YES
• Tap YES, I AGREE (Yes, I agree)

Tap NEXT (Continue) twice. This will take you to the account creation section.

Create a Google account for your child. Even if your child already has a Google account, you still have to create a new one. Do the following:

• Enter your child’s name and tap NEXT
• Enter your child’s date of birth and tap NEXT
• Enter your child’s email address and tap NEXT
• Enter your child’s password and tap NEXT twice
• Check the “I agree” box, then tap AGREE .
• Enter the payment card information for the verification transaction of USD 0.01 (about VND 230), and then select ACCEPT (Accept).

Connect your child’s phone to a Family Link account. Tap NEXT twice, then follow the onscreen instructions to set up Family Link for your child’s phone. Once you’ve added your child’s phone to Family Link, you can continue to do more.

Change the app’s access permissions. Every Android phone comes with a number of pre-installed apps; After installing Family Link, you will be asked to allow or block each app before the installation is complete.

• Blocking apps like Google Play Music controls what your kids can access.
• Apps like YouTube and Android Pay are blocked by default because they are only intended for users over 13 years old. ^[3]

Enable SafeSearch for browsers. Similar to most Android phones, your child’s phone usually comes pre-installed with three browsers, Google Chrome, Google Search, and the default “Web” or “Internet” browser. You can enable SafeSearch – the adult content blocking filter by doing the following for each browser:

• Select the application to use (such as Google Chrome ).
• Tap Permissions
• Find and tap the SafeSearch option.