No personal number
Children use the family's Home Phone number instead of needing their own cellular phone number.
Parental controls
Their first phone. Your rules.
Give your child a way to call family and trusted contacts without giving them their own mobile number. You decide who they can call, whether their device rings, when they're available and which parts of the family phone they can access.
Oliver
Child account · Family iPad
Receive Calls
Household calls ring this member.
Make Outbound Calls
Call any phone number.
Contacts Only
Only call saved household contacts.
Join Active Calls
Join a family call in progress.
A better first phone
Independence without a personal cell phone.
Kids often need a way to talk to friends, reach parents, grandparents and other trusted people before they're ready for their own phone number. Home Phone gives them access to the family phone while keeping parents in charge.
Parents set the rules
Calling, contacts, voicemail and quiet hours can all be controlled for each household member.
Use devices you have
A compatible household tablet or device can become part of the family phone.
Contacts Only
Let them call. You choose who.
A child doesn't have to choose between having no way to call and having unrestricted access to every phone number.
Turn on Contacts Only and outbound calls are limited to people saved in your household contacts. When they're ready for more independence, you can allow calls to any number.
Household contacts
People Oliver can call
Grandma
Household contact
Dad
Household member
Mom
Household member
With Contacts Only enabled, Oliver can call
people saved by the household without having
unrestricted outbound calling.
Individual permissions
Every child can have different rules.
Start simple and give them more freedom when they're ready. Permissions are managed independently for each household member.
Receive Calls
Choose whether incoming household calls ring their device.
Make Outbound Calls
Decide whether they can call regular phone numbers.
Contacts Only
Restrict outbound calls to saved household contacts.
Join Active Calls
Choose whether they can join household calls already in progress.
Edit Contacts
Control whether they can add, edit or delete shared household contacts.
Listen to Voicemail
Decide whether they can listen to voicemail left for the household.
Quiet Hours
The family phone doesn't have to ring all night.
Set a start and end time for each member. During Quiet Hours, calls and notifications are prevented on that member's device.
Use it for bedtime, homework, school nights, or whenever you want the family phone to stay quiet.
Oliver
Quiet Hours
Start
8:30 PM
End
7:00 AM
Calls and notifications stay quiet from
8:30 PM until 7:00 AM.
Oliver
Household permissions
Edit Contacts
Add, edit and delete household contacts.
Listen to Voicemail
Listen to household voicemail.
More than calling
Give them independence without giving up control.
Calling permissions are separate from household management. A child can use the family phone while you keep control over shared contacts and voicemail.
More connection. Less complexity.
Let grandparents call the family.
Home Phone gives relatives and family friends one number to remember. If the kids are home, they can answer. If a parent is available, they can answer too.
It brings back some of the independence kids had with the old household phone, with controls that old landlines never had.
Home Phone
Their first phone doesn't have to be their own phone.
Give your family one shared number and give your kids a way to stay connected while you decide exactly what they can do.