Apple has confirmed issues with “Screen Time” on iPhones and iPads that are causing parental controls to not always work correctly. Therefore, in some cases, children may use the device for longer than their parents would like.

“Screen Time” allows parents to monitor the use of apps on their child’s device, allowing you to set limits on when certain apps can be used and block access entirely during certain hours.

Children can continue to use the devices

However, due to a problem, this important function is malfunctioning. Because after the parent changes the screen time settings, these are not always applied correctly to the children’s devices and children can continue to use their iPhone or iPad even if the parental control settings are set. The parent may need to monitor the child’s activity data and compare it to the program to make sure everything is set up correctly.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple previously acknowledged the existence of a bug that was causing problems with syncing settings between devices and announced it was fixed in iOS 16.5. But it turns out that the bug is still present in current versions of the firmware, including the iOS 17 beta. Apple representatives, on the other hand, announced that they are aware of the problem and are working on a fix.