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September 15, 2025
- The ability for parents to share their child’s age range with apps in a privacy-preserving manner.
- Expanded default protections for teens ages 13 to 17.
- More granular age ratings on the App Store for adolescents (13+, 16+, and 18+), and more detailed labeling for app capabilities that may affect content appropriateness, like advertising, user-generated content, or in-app controls like parental controls.
- Updates to Communication Limits, which give parents the ability to remotely approve new contacts for their children when using Apple apps.
Availability
- The minimum age for account creation varies across countries and regions. Learn more at support.apple.com/en-us/102617.
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