tvusage guides

Make screen time work for your family.

Short guides to setting limits, sharing devices, and managing each child’s screen time.

Start here · Family setup

Set up your family’s devices

Create separate child profiles, connect their devices, and check shared daily allowances without mixing up each child’s usage.

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Family routines

Send homework, chore, reading, or dinner messages with a screen-time pause, then check completion and decide when to unlock.

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Getting started

Set a daily app allowance and allowed viewing hours, then test the rule on your Android TV or Google TV.

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Shared limits

Group TV and mobile YouTube apps under one child profile, and preserve both app variants when editing the group.

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Child profiles

Create one profile per child and switch between turns so a shared TV keeps each child’s allowance and usage separate.

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Remote management

Connect child devices, review combined usage, and update synced profile controls from a parent phone or the web remote.

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Choosing controls

Choose a daily budget, allowed viewing hours, or a break during long sessions, and check how the controls work together.

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