Pokémon GO (Niantic Kids) parental controls

📣 Communication controls (start here)

Who can talk to your child is the most important setting. Controls stack in layers: console/device → platform account → in-game. Set every layer, because one layer doesn't always control another. Communication Safety Hub →

Pokémon GO: Niantic Kids Parent Portal

Turn it fully off:

1. Parent Portal → Friends off, Party Play off.

Sources: [1] · "Not confirmed" means we couldn't verify it in official sources yet.

iPhone / iPad: system-level communication

1. Settings → Family → child → Allowed Contacts: choose who they can call, message and FaceTime, and require approval for new contacts.
2. Settings → Family → child → Communication Safety On.

Covers Messages, FaceTime and Phone only, not chat inside games or other apps. Communication Safety blurs detected nudity, gore or violence. Under 13s need the Screen Time passcode to view it. Apple doesn't see the images.

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Android (Family Link): system-level communication

1. Family Link → child → contacts: "Only contacts I add" or "Contacts I add & limited groups."

Only applies to Google Messages, Google Dialer and Samsung Messages on watches. Other messaging apps aren't covered, so block them in Family Link if needed. If your child changes their default apps, the limits may stop working.

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