Apple's iOS 26 requires kids to get parental permission to text new numbers

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By Steve DentJun 12, 2025, 8:00 am290 pts
As part of new updates to its parental controls announced at WWDC 25, Apple has introduced a new feature that requires kids to get permission to text new numbers. That's among other new child safety settings including more granular age-based app ratings that will be introduced to the new iOS 26, iPadOS 26,…

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