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Create and delete groups with Family Wi-Fi

Stay on top of your kids' screen time and say goodbye to online distractions with Family Wi-Fi. Once you've set up Family Wi-Fi groups, you can:

  • Pause the internet for a group of devices with a single tap
  • Schedule pauses ahead of time for regular routines like bedtime or distraction-free homework time
  • Automatically block millions of adult websites from devices you specify

Create groups

Groups let you pause several devices at a time. You can create a group for an individual child, for example “Nick,” or one for a group, for instance, “Family,” based on the devices they use.

Note: Be careful when adding critical devices to a group. If you add your device to a group and later pause that group, you won't be able to access Wi-Fi on that device. Learn more about how to use Family Wi-Fi pause.

For first time set up:
  1. Open the Google Home app .
  2. Tap Favorites  and then Wifi  and then Family Wi-Fi and then Get Started.
  3. Name your group.
  4. Select the devices you want in the group and then tap Next.
  5. If desired, turn on SafeSearch to block sites with adult content and then tap Next.
  6. If desired, tap Next to add a schedule to pause devices or tap Not now.

Add an additional group:

  1. Open the Google Home app .
  2. Tap Favorites  and then Wifi  and then Family Wi-Fi and then Add  and then Group .
  3. Name your group.
  4. Select the devices you want in the group and then tap Next.
  5. If desired, turn on SafeSearch to block sites with adult content and then tap Next.
  6. If desired, tap Next to add a schedule to pause devices or tap Not now.

Delete a group

You can remove Family Wi-Fi groups.

  1. Open the Google Home app .
  2. Tap Favorites  and then Wifi  and then Family Wi-Fi.
  3. Below the name of the group you would like to delete, tap Edit .
  4. Tap More options and then Delete.

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