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Apple’s Screen Time updates are too little, too late
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- June 8, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Ask to Browse is one of the new features coming to Screen Time. | Screenshot The Verge
Apple spending a big chunk of its WWDC keynote on parental controls was surprising for several reasons. But the biggest is that, despite all the airtime, it didn't announce much new beyond a redesigned interface. Almost all the features touted already exist or are upgrades to current options. Why Apple chose to do this isn't a mystery. You can trace the threads from the recent landmark social media trials against Meta and Google to the protesters outside the Cupertino HQ today: Apple is trying to show the world it's being responsible when it comes to your children.
Only it's really not. Screen Time sucks. As a mother of two whose children h …
Originally published at The Verge