As a soon-to-be-parent, I'm worried about how people online will interact with my kid once they have a phone or tablet. The good news for parents struggling with this now: Apple's iOS 26 brings more parental controls to iPhones .

Parents can already control how much screen time their kids have, manage their child's App Store purchases and more. Some of the new controls can detect and blur nudity in certain apps, and your child will have to ask for access to interact with unknown numbers.

Here are some of the kid's safety features iOS 26 brings to iPhones. My kid's not here yet so I couldn't test these features myself, but I'll report back later.

Note that many of these safety features are automatically enabled in iOS 26 as long as they are attached to a phone number and Apple

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