Android parent with iPhone kids! Be aware...

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You are welcome. It is a workaround, but you can sign into one of their phones when you need to perform parent functions. When complete, sign out, and have them sign back in.

PolkaFever wrote:

There's a big black hole in the Apple congregation. 4 billion Android users and plenty of these are parents with iPhone kids.

Not a single Apple support page exits to adress this potenial suicidal combination.

Apple have made it unbearable and impossible to manage an Apple family if the Parent doesn't have an Apple device.

Administration isn't available over web (2021) or any Android app. For years these users have been totally left in the dark.

If Apple would just acknowledge, support and inform these users that this combination isn't possible or at best extremely impractical. Thousen, if not millions, of people would save hours and days trying to set this up and manage their kids phone only to find out this is impossible.

If I'd known what I know now I would never accepted the Apple gifts given my kids nor would I let them inherit grandparents iPhones or iPads. If my worst enemy used an Android I wouldn't give an iPhone to his/her kids. That would have been too vicious.

This black hole need to be addressed. Getting this out in the open will help people falling into the pit.

Regards

Frustrated dad of 3 and husband to a non-technical iPhone woman.

Why is Apple job to be a parent? That is your responsibility, be the parent and not let your kids control you.

You are welcome. I hope you have a good day.