SkieWhat if my child installs something from a link or a website?
It will not install, or it is removed. Installing from unknown sources is blocked, and the install guard silently removes any app installed after setup that you have not allowed. Apps come only from Google Play, and only the ones on your list stay.
Kids hear about apps and games in all sorts of places: a friend, a video, a link in a chat. Often these are files from a website that Android would normally let you install if you tick one box.
On a Skie-managed device, that box is closed. Installing from unknown sources is blocked, including for browsers and file managers. A downloaded file simply cannot be installed.
If an app does get installed by another route, the install guard handles it. Any app installed after setup that is not on your allowed list is removed silently. Skie keeps a baseline of the apps present at setup, so existing apps are never wrongly removed.
Browsers are covered as well. Chrome has safe browsing on and downloads of this kind are not a way in. More than 50 alternative browsers, plus VPN and proxy apps, are blocked, so a child cannot use a different browser to find a way around.
Nothing about this requires your attention. The dashboard shows the device's compliance score, and the install guard does its work in the background.
If your child wants a specific app they found, they can ask. You can look at it on Google Play, paste the link into the dashboard, and add it to the list if you are happy. That conversation is better than finding the app already there.