Stay on top of your children's screen time and say goodbye to online distractions with Family Wi-Fi. Once you've set up Family Wi-Fi groups, you can:
- Pause the Internet for a group of devices with a single tap
- Schedule pauses ahead of time for regular routines like bedtime or distraction-free homework time
- Automatically block millions of adult websites from devices that you specify
Note: Family Wi-Fi features can't be used with devices that use a private address or randomised MAC address. This setting on your phone, tablet, computer or other device prevents them from being identified. If you experience problems trying to use Family Wi-Fi, change or disable your device's randomised MAC setting.
Create groups
Groups let you pause several devices at a time. You can create a group for an individual child, for example ‘Nick’, or one for a group, for instance, ‘Family’, based on the devices that they use.
Note: Be careful when adding critical devices to a group. If you add your device to a group and later pause that group, you won't be able to access Wi-Fi on that device. Learn more about how to use Family Wi-Fi pause.
First-time setup
- Tap Favourites Wi-Fi Family Wi-Fi Get started.
- Name your group.
- Select the devices that you want in the group tap Next.
- If you want, turn on SafeSearch to block sites with adult content tap Next.
- If you want, tap Next to add a schedule to pause devices or Not now.
Add an additional group
Add an additional group:
- Open the Home app .
- Tap Favourites Wi-Fi Family Wi-Fi Add Group .
- Name your group.
- Select the devices that you want in the group tap Next.
- If you want, turn on SafeSearch to block sites with adult content tap Next.
- If you want, tap Next to add a schedule to pause devices or Not now.
Delete a group
You can remove Family Wi-Fi groups.
- Open the Home app .
- Tap Favourites Wi-Fi Family Wi-Fi.
- Following the name of the group that you'd like to delete, tap Edit .
- Tap More options Delete.
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