Apple introduced the Screen Time feature in 2018 with a setting called "Break Time". This feature is designed to give parents restrictions and control over apps on their kids' iPhones, iPads, and iPods through their own devices. Recently, however, parents have discovered that they doThe settings don't take effect, and kids can use the app without restrictions and even browse content.
In fact, as early as July last year, some families using Apple products reported that Apple's screen time control function was malfunctioning, and it could not effectively limit the time and content of children's mobile phones. At that time, Apple also issued a statement through Wall Street**, admitting that the screen time settings were unexpectedly reset and promising to update to fix it. Now that half a year has passed, has Apple's screen time control failed problem solved?
Matthew Panzarino (formerly of TechCrunch, now at Tiptopcom and The Obsessor) recently published an article on Threads that screen time limits and parental controls on iOS are still completely broken. The settings will still be turned off at will, and it will only be a few hours or days later that you realize they are not activated. I made very careful settings about each child's usage time, allowed apps, and account permissions, but it was very frustrating for me to completely lapse several times a week.
That is to say, the problem of failure of screen time control of Apple products has not been solved so far, and I complain about Apple: please don't "take care of it".
In fact, the problem of screen time failure in Apple products has appeared as early as 2020, and Apple released iOS 16 in May last yearVersion 5 update, which says it will fix an issue where Screen Time settings may be reset or not sync across all devices. Unfortunately, even with the new public beta of iOS 17 the bug persists.
It is not clear what caused the problem, and there is no way for users to resolve it on their ownThe follow-up can only wait for Apple to release a new version to solve the problem.