Paired Parent Connect
Set up your child's phone from your computer.
Paired Parent Connect runs on a Windows or Mac computer. It sets up your child's own phone over a USB cable, and shows you each step to take on the phone. You need the setup code from the email we sent you.
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Download
- Windows (116 MB): open the downloaded file. It installs Paired Parent Connect and opens it.
- Mac (237 MB): open the downloaded file, drag Paired Parent Connect into Applications, then open it from Applications. If your Mac asks whether to allow an accessory to connect when you plug in the phone, choose "Allow".
What you need
- A Windows or Mac computer
- Your child's phone, running Android 15 or newer, charged to at least 20%
- A USB cable that carries data
- Your own phone, with the Paired Parent app from Google Play
A cable that only charges won't work.
The steps
Install Paired Parent Connect
Download it above and install it on the computer.
Install Paired Parent on your own phone
Get it from Google Play. The first time you open it, it asks you a few questions. That takes about a minute.
Plug your child's phone into the computer
Open Paired Parent Connect, then plug your child's phone into the computer with the USB cable. Paired Parent Connect shows you each step to take on the phone. If the phone is signed in to any accounts, you sign out first, and you sign back in when the setup is finished.
Enter your setup code
When Paired Parent Connect asks for it, type the setup code from your email. The setup takes about four minutes, and the phone restarts once by itself. Leave it plugged in until Paired Parent Connect says the phone is off.
Turn your child's phone on and unlock it
Once it has switched itself off, unplug it. Hold its side button until the screen lights up, then unlock it the way you always do. "Set up this phone" then appears by itself, which can take up to two minutes after you unlock it. Wait for it, and don't open other apps meanwhile.
Connect it to Wi-Fi
On your child's phone, tap "Connect to Wi-Fi" and join your home Wi-Fi. A square pairing code then appears on its screen by itself. If the phone already has mobile data, the code may appear without this step.
Scan the code
In Paired Parent on your own phone, tap "Scan the code on the child phone" and point your phone's camera at the square.
Choose a parent PIN
Your child's phone then asks you to create a parent PIN of 4 to 8 digits. Enter it twice and tap "Save". Keep it to yourself: it opens the parent controls on your child's phone. Then tap "I've paired it and chosen a PIN" in Paired Parent Connect, and you're done.
If the setup can't finish, Paired Parent Connect offers to take Paired Parent off the phone again, and we'll help you finish it or refund your order. Setting up has the full walk-through.
Paired Parent
$10.88 a month (or save 15% with an annual plan).
For your child's own phone on Android 15 or newer. Set up at home.