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About this app

Help keep your family safe and connected on the go with Verizon Family. With features such as Location sharing, Parental Controls, Safe Walk with SOS, Crash Detection, Roadside Assistance, and Family Line all in one app.

From a single app, you can:
- Use content filtering
- Monitor and limit Verizon call and text activity on smartphones
- Limit Verizon data usage on smartphones or connected tablets
- Monitor web and app activity
- Manage screen time
- Pause internet
- Use location sharing, pick-me-up and check-in features
- Get location alerts
- View driving activity

Basic location sharing and 24/7 Assist are now available on your Smartwatch via Wear OS. Location services such as Safe Walk are not available at this time. Featuring Wear OS Complications.

Legal: To use the Verizon Family app, a Verizon standard monthly postpaid account on an eligible device or an invitation from a Verizon account is required. Verizon postpaid mobile plans include Verizon Family location sharing features at no add’l cost or upgrade to Verizon Family Plus ($14.99/mo until canceled) for location sharing and alerts, parental controls for calls, texts and online activity, driving insights and roadside assistance. Roadside assistance through Signature Motor Club, 4 events/yr. Verizon Family app download required. Service does not monitor calls or texts sent over the internet and does not contact 911 for crash or SOS alerts. Push notifications must be enabled to see when new members join family acct. Some alerts sent via text message. Msg & data rates apply.

See full terms and conditions at: https://www.verizon.com/support/verizon-family-legal/
Parental Control App & Family Locator: track screen time, location & driving
Updated on
Oct 5, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 6 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

36K reviews
Brian Hamilton
February 4, 2026
We've tried to like this app, but it's just not very good. Location notifications are sometimes minutes behind or don't come at all. There is no way to opt out of features you don't want, so every time you open the app, like when it hasn't sent a notification of departure, you have to click on several tiny x's or not nows, before it refreshes. Also, it is a massive memory hog, prompting my Samsung to routinely tell me that Verizon Family is using a lot of background resources. We're done.
49 people found this review helpful
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Verizon Consumer Group
February 13, 2026
We appreciate your valuable feedback and we’re sorry you experienced this issue. Your feedback has been provided to the team for investigation. Thank you for your patience!
K S
September 16, 2026
I'm coming from gizmo app, and I don't like this at all. Way too many features upon opening, I have to go through like 5 clicks to be able to text my kid. It's now centered around the whole family instead of the kid, and I don't want to share my location. we have life 360 for that. I still get prompted every day to share location and I didn't even want to switch from gizmo in the first place.
6 people found this review helpful
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Verizon Consumer Group
September 18, 2026
We apologize for the frustration with the added steps to message your child and the repeated location sharing prompts. Your feedback on the shift from Gizmo Hub is valuable to us. Please reach out via More > Help & Support > Send Feedback in the app so our team can hear your concerns and improve this experience.
G Martin
August 11, 2026
The latest update has screwed everything up on our end. Now location is very unreliable, rarely shows accurate location even after refreshing. I do love the new feature of showing members separately instead of stacked on top of each other. So much easier to see each person, at their wrong location, haha. Everything used to work 100% perfectly before the update. It also doesn't give us the location alerts anymore even though they're turned on. Now I'm considering not using it all. 😥
13 people found this review helpful
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Verizon Consumer Group
August 11, 2026
We apologize for the frustration caused by inaccurate location tracking following the latest update. While we are glad you like the separated map view, having reliable, precise locations is essential for your family. Please message us via More > Help & Support > Send Feedback inside the app so our team can look into this for you.