--- title: "Google Family Link" description: "Google Family Link is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 430 installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated November 5, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/noiwid-hafamilylink" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/noiwid-hafamilylink.md" last-updated: "2026-11-05" version: "1.4" --- # Google Family Link > Google Family Link is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 430 installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated November 5, 2026. From the [repository description](https://github.com/noiwid/HAFamilyLink): > Control your children's Android devices through Google Family Link directly from Home Assistant. Monitor screen time, set daily limits, manage bedtime and school schedules, and grant bonus time... [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=noiwid&repository=HAFamilyLink&category=integration) On Home Assistant 2026.10 or older? [Open it in HACS](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=noiwid&repository=HAFamilyLink&category=integration) ## Supports - **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor. - **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS. - **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months. ## Setting it up Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services. ### Authentication Server URL - **Authentication Server URL** - **API Key** ### Configure Family Link - **Integration Name** - **Update Interval (seconds)** - **Request Timeout (seconds)** - **Enable GPS location tracking**: When enabled, each location poll may send a notification to the child's device. Disabled by default for privacy. - **Strict mode (Home Assistant enforces the limits)**: Strict mode closes a gap on Google's side that many children know how to use: from the Family Link app or the Google interface, a supervised child can give themselves a time bonus, unlock a device that has no time left, or switch bedtime and the daily limit off. With strict mode on, Home Assistant becomes the single point of control: after every refresh it reverts those changes and overrides the Family Link settings with what you set from Home Assistant. WARNING: while it is on, manage Family Link from Home Assistant only, changes made in the Family Link app are undone. Turn the child's Strict Mode switch off to hand control back to Google. The child's Strict Mode switch mirrors this option: changing one updates the other. - **Strict mode rules**: What strict mode enforces. Nothing is switched on by force: the state chosen in Home Assistant is the reference. Details in the README. - **Device lock keeps the always allowed apps reachable**: When on, a device locked from Home Assistant still lets the child open the apps marked "always allowed" in Family Link, through an "Available apps" button on the lock screen (what the Family Link app does when its lock screen setting is on). Switch off for a plain lock: emergency calls only. ### Update Authentication Server - **Authentication Server URL** - **API Key** - **Clear API key** ### After setup - **Update Interval (seconds)**: How often to fetch data from Google (30-3600 seconds) - **Request Timeout (seconds)** - **Enable GPS location tracking**: When enabled, each location poll may send a notification to the child's device - **Strict mode (Home Assistant enforces the limits)**: Strict mode closes a gap on Google's side that many children know how to use: from the Family Link app or the Google interface, a supervised child can give themselves a time bonus, unlock a device that has no time left, or switch bedtime and the daily limit off. With strict mode on, Home Assistant becomes the single point of control: after every refresh it reverts those changes and overrides the Family Link settings with what you set from Home Assistant. WARNING: while it is on, manage Family Link from Home Assistant only, changes made in the Family Link app are undone. Turn the child's Strict Mode switch off to hand control back to Google. The child's Strict Mode switch mirrors this option: changing one updates the other. - **Strict mode rules**: What strict mode enforces. Nothing is switched on by force: the state chosen in Home Assistant is the reference. Details in the README. - **Device lock keeps the always allowed apps reachable**: When on, a device locked from Home Assistant still lets the child open the apps marked "always allowed" in Family Link, through an "Available apps" button on the lock screen (what the Family Link app does when its lock screen setting is on). Switch off for a plain lock: emergency calls only. - **Users allowed to control Family Link**: Leave empty to let every Home Assistant user use the Family Link buttons, switches and settings (the default). Once you tick users here, only they and the administrators can: a child's non-administrator account is refused on every Family Link button, switch, limit, time and select, and on the familylink.\* actions. Automations and scripts started by Home Assistant itself are not affected. Give the child a non-administrator account: an administrator can change this option. Texts from the code of [noiwid/HAFamilyLink](https://github.com/noiwid/HAFamilyLink). ## Entities - **Presence**: Location - **Sensors**: Daily Screen Time, Screen Time (formatted), Installed Apps, Blocked Apps, Apps with Time Limits, Device Count, Child Info - **Switches**: Device Lock ## Troubleshooting - **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report. ## From the README > Monitor and control Google Family Link from Home Assistant: screen time, device lock, bedtime and school time schedules, daily limits, communication restrictions, app blocking, time bonuses, and optional GPS location. Multiple children and multiple devices are supported out of the box. > > Disclaimer. This integration uses unofficial, reverse-engineered Google Family Link endpoints. There is no official API: Google can change or break things at any time, and using this integration may violate Google's Terms of Service and could result in account suspension. Use at your own risk. This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Google LLC. From the README of [noiwid/HAFamilyLink](https://github.com/noiwid/HAFamilyLink#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [Presence and location](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/presence-and-location.md) - Brand: [Google](https://vulpo.app/integrations/google.md) - Number: 430 installs sharing analytics; 136 GitHub stars - Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud - Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months - Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older) - Latest version: v2.4.5, last updated November 5, 2026 - Domain: `familylink` - Source: - Issues: - Screenshot: https://vulpo.app/integrations-img/b100f57609aa1ac3.webp (from noiwid/HAFamilyLink's README) In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Button card, Select card, Chart card, Apple Watch, Control Center ## Other ways in for Google | Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Google Translate text-to-speech](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/google-translate.md) | Built-in integration | 530k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [Google Cast](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/cast.md) | Built-in integration | 291k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Part of Home Assistant | | [Google Calendar](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/google.md) | Built-in integration | 43.2k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [Google Gemini](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/google-generative-ai-conversation.md) | Built-in integration | 36.9k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [Google Nest](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/nest.md) | Built-in integration | 21.5k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. 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