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Will Circle Manage My Device?

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Wondering whether the Circle Parental Controls app and Circle Home Plus device will manage your device? If it's on your network at home, or can be managed as a mobile device using the Circle app on Android or iOS, we've got you covered!

For mobile devices using Android or iOS you can manage them using the Circle app set up in the kid app version. Read more here.

For your Ethernet and Wi-Fi connected device at home you'll need the Circle Home Plus to manage your home network's outbound Internet traffic. It can manage any traffic to the Internet, from any device that is connected to your home network. If a device is accessing a different wireless network, data network, or not using wireless activity then Circle will not be able to manage or monitor that activity. If the device is using offline content, Circle won't be able to manage that content and offline activity.

Unmanaging devices

While Circle Home Plus is able to manage and monitor all devices connected to a home Wi-Fi network, that does not mean that all devices must be managed. You can assign any device you want to Unmanaged Devices. By default any new devices that connect to your home network are set to Unmanaged by Circle. This ensures they are able to perform their duties normally. Make sure if you do move a device to a profile you have permission to do so and have let the owner of that device know.

 

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