Requested: Time restrictions per app

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Greetings! Current Norton Parental Control allows for time restrictions per device. We're looking for time restriction per app. The "per app" option is much more useful to us and our child than restricting the entire device. Our motivation is that as part of raise our child we allow our child to play with both educational and entertainment apps and games. But we give educational apps priority over entertainment apps and games. From our point of view (and many other parents we know) that's how it should be. Therefore we like to encourage the use of educational apps, but restrict the more addictive apps like Netflix, Youtube, games, etc.

But that's not possible in Norton Parental Control. I know that this "per app" functionality is part of recent versions of Android. But in case of Android, time control of Norton Parental Control supersedes Android's own time control per app. Meaning that if a particular educational app in Android is set for 2 hours, and Norton Parental Control for that device is set for 1 hour per day, that particular educational app is blocked after 1 hour by Norton Parental Control since the entire device is blocked after 1 hour. Which we don't want to happen. From an educational point of view, differentiating time control per app is critical. Additionally, we highly appreciate having just one dashboard for all Parental Control functionality. Not half of it in Norton, the other half in the Android device itself (where we have blocked access to these settings with Norton Parental Control anyway...) 

With respect to this functionality, we would appreciate sharing some roadmap insights by a NortonLifeLock employee. (meaning: when do we get it...) 

 
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Hi Kiwi353,

Thank you for your valuable inputs, we have passed the feedback for time limit based on per app.

Also being able to stop the ability to download new games. I get a message saying he's downloaded a game and that I can uninstall, but I'd rather I had to approve the download so I can stop it at that point.

The Android operating system restricts apps from performing install or uninstall of other apps for security reasons. We'll however pass this feedback to the our management team.

Thank you,

Team Norton Family

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100% agree, I need more flexibility what apps are stopped vs the entire device. Ideally we could choose which apps I consider games and get shut off at x time and which apps are deemed educational that can continue.

Also being able to stop the ability to download new games. I get a message saying he’s downloaded a game and that I can uninstall, but I’d rather I had to approve the download so I can stop it at that point.

Unfortunately It doesn’t work for us so I’ll have to use the android function to restrict each app.

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Hello Hans O,

Thanks for reaching out to Norton Family forum.

As you have mentioned time supervision at individual app level is not supported as of today, and we do not have a unified dashboard in Android App. We would however pass this request to our product management team.

Thanks,
Norton Family Team