Spanish operator Movistar has added a parental control feature to its free Smart WiFi app that helps to manage home connectivity from the mobile phone.
The Profiles feature enables users to create users for family members, assign devices to each of them and set disconnection times. In addition, the customers can pause or resume the connection of each profile or the devices assigned to them at any time, always from the mobile app.
To enjoy this functionality on the Smart WiFi mobile application, available for both iOS devices and Android devices, customers need to have the Movistar Smart WiFi Router as the core element of connectivity. If the user has already downloaded the app, they will be able to access the new Profiles section located in the bottom menu of the app.
This new function expands the possibilities of the Smart WiFi app, which already enables to view the devices connected to the network, analyse and optimise the router connection, browse safely thanks to Conexión Segura and customise the Wi-Fi username and password, among other options.
Yaiza Rubio, head of Smart WiFi and Tokens at Movistar within the Digital Home department at Telefónica
This new functionality is a milestone in our commitment to helping customers encourage healthy digital habits in the home. For example, with the creation of Profiles, if a parent is out on an errand away from home and one of their children is doing homework and they want to make sure their child doesn’t use the game console or tablet, they can easily pause the devices or set disconnection times from the app.
