So that you can pass them the phone while they call Granny and Grandad and they dont keep pressing the buttons and ending the call.

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[–] 17 points 1 year ago

Not ironically this would mess up granny and granddad when they activate it accidentally.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    iOS has Guided Access which should accommodate what you’re trying to do.

    I’m sure android has something similar too.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Nope. The buttons in the phone app still work. Which means the kid can still mute or hold or hangup the call. Which is the problem here.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It’s been a while since I played with it but last I played with it you could set which areas on the screen are able to be interacted with.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I want this, but not just for toddlers, just for handing over my phone to anyone really. Put on some media (photo, slideshow, video), lock your phone inputs, hand it over to someone else to look at, without having to worry that they will invade your privacy as a prank.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Whatever the method of unlocking the screen is, the kids will learn it

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    My old phone had a setting for this but it seems it's part of OneUI so Samsung only :/ It's called Interaction Control in Accessibility Settings.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yes. My niece is alredy 4 but she discovered all the amazing filters. I cant have 1 video call without her taking the phone and using all the filters. Headache inducing

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  • On the other end, they need to move the camera to the bottom of the screen so people with bifocals stop using only the bottom third of the camera.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Or you just parent them properly.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    You mean like by making sure they get to interact with lots of their family, even if they live far away....?

    I understand limiting screen time but why would having something to assist with video calling be bad parenting exactly you mong?

    Some of us dont leave near parents and grandparents and like to stay in touch.

    Please grant me further wisdom though, oh childless one

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