--- title: Apple previews its biggest parental controls update in... description: Apple previewed major child safety and parental control updates at WWDC 2026, set to arrive with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 this autumn. Key features... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-previews-its-biggest-parental-controls-update-in-years-weeks-before-uk-and-us-regulatory-dead-ffgslklig twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple previews its biggest parental controls update in years, weeks before UK and US regulatory deadlines | daily.dev og:description: Apple previewed major child safety and parental control updates at WWDC 2026, set to arrive with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 this autumn. Key features... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-previews-its-biggest-parental-controls-update-in-years-weeks-before-uk-and-us-regulatory-dead-ffgslklig og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FFGsLKlIG.png og:image:alt: Apple previews its biggest parental controls update in years, weeks before UK and US regulatory deadlines og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple previews its biggest parental controls update in years, weeks before UK and US regulatory deadlines **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple previewed major child safety and parental control updates at WWDC 2026, set to arrive with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 this autumn. Key features include Ask to Browse (requiring parental approval before children access new websites in Safari), Time Allowances (daily limits across app categories), expanded Communication Safety that now blocks gore and violent content using on-device ML, and a redesigned Screen Time interface. New developer APIs include a Declared Age Range API and PermissionKit for routing contact requests through parents. The announcement comes as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave Apple and Google a three-month deadline to implement device-level controls preventing children from viewing explicit images, and as US Congress advances the Kids Online Safety Act and COPPA 2.0. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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