Manage your child's access to Gemini Apps

Children under 13 (or the applicable age in your country) can sign into Gemini Apps. As a parent, you can manage your child’s Gemini settings, including turning it on or off, with Google Family Link.

If access is turned off, your child may get the message “Gemini isn’t available for your account” if they try to access Gemini Apps.

Important: We’re gradually releasing access to Gemini Apps for supervised accounts, so access might not be available to your child just yet. Some Gemini features may not be available for children and may vary by region.

Gemini is new and evolving, and can make mistakes. To help guide your conversations about using Gemini, learn more about generative AI and how it works.

Help your child think critically about Gemini’s responses:

• Help your child understand that Gemini isn’t human. Even though it sometimes talks like a person, it can’t think for itself or feel emotions.
• Show your child how to double-check responses.
• Let your child know not to enter sensitive or personal info in Gemini.

Our filters try to limit access to inappropriate content, but they’re not perfect. Your child may encounter content you don’t want them to see.

When your child is signed into their Google Account, they can access Gemini on the web at gemini.google.com and in the Gemini mobile app on Android and iOS devices.

When Gemini is the digital assistant on Android devices:

• Google Assistant may help for certain actions. When that happens, some Google Assistant settings, like Personal Results, apply.
• When lock screen access is turned on, Gemini can respond when the screen is locked.

If you turn off Gemini Apps, your child won’t be able to sign in to the app on any Android device or Gemini on the web. To change a child’s access to Gemini Apps:

1. Go to familylink.google.com or open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap Controls Gemini Gemini Apps.
4. Turn Gemini Apps off or on .

Important: “Hey Google” and Voice match are not available to use with Gemini Apps for users under 13 (or the applicable age in your country). “Hey Google” and Voice Match will still work with other devices, like Smart Displays and smart speakers that support Google Assistant. Learn how to set up “Hey Google” and Voice Match for shared devices.

If your child is unable to access Gemini Apps or gets an error message that “Gemini isn’t available for your account,” check your Google Family Link settings to make sure Gemini Apps is enabled.

You can also check that your child is trying to access Gemini Apps on an available device, or in an available language or region. For now, Gemini Apps are not available for users under 13 (or the applicable age in your country), in the UK, European Economic Area, and Switzerland.