Guardian frequently asked questions

Most families looking into Guardian questions are not trying to watch a phone from morning until night. They usually want a calmer answer to a practical question: understanding setup, privacy, accuracy, alerts and limitations. Guardian is designed around that idea. A connected child phone shares its latest available location inside a private family account, while Home and School safe zones can provide arrival and leaving notifications during ordinary journeys.

When Guardian is being used for general Guardian questions, phone-location readings still have practical limits. GPS can drift around buildings, mobile signal can weaken, and permissions, battery-saving settings or operating-system restrictions can delay background updates. The information is therefore best treated as useful family context rather than exact proof of somebody’s position or timing. Notification delivery can also be affected by device and network conditions, while Guardian’s SOS feature gives a connected child device another way to alert trusted adults rather than replacing emergency services.