Google Assistant Gets Parental Controls, New Voices, and a Kids' Dictionary

You can set limits and block specific content on your child's smartphone, tablet, or computer, but the smart speakers and smart displays in your home are something of a loophole. If your kids are anything like mine, you've probably caught them asking weird questions to voice assistants or watching a video when it's homework time. Well, there's good news: Google is closing this loophole with a set of parental controls for Google Assistant. These new controls enable you to set a Downtime that works across shared family devices and will restrict content and functionality based on who is asking. You can restrict your kids to YouTube Kids for video and Spotify Kids for music, for example.