Changes Google Workspace
October 5, 2021
Changes to Google Workspace for Education- #94
With primary and secondary education institutions, all users who are under 18 get an age-restricted experience for some Google services.
With the new settings in place, here are the Google services that students who are 18 and under will not have access to:
YouTube
- Create channels, playlists, stories, shorts, or upload videos
- Watch or create live stream events
- See or post comments
- Participate in live chat
- Buy channel memberships, creator merchandise, movies and TV shows, Super Chat and Super Stickers, or participate in YouTube Giving fundraisers
- Use apps, including YouTube Go, YouTube Music, YouTube Studio, YouTube TV, and YouTube VR
- Access other features, including: Receive most notifications, cast on TV, connect game accounts, use incognito mode, get personalized ads, enable or disable Restricted Mode
Google Search
SafeSearch is a user policy that helps filter most explicit content from Google Search results. Users under the age of 18 who are signed into Google Search with their Google Workspace for Education accounts have SafeSearch turned on by default across all browsers.
Google Play
Google Play for Google Workspace for Education users under the age of 18:
- Can only see content rated Everyone, Everyone 10+, or Teen. For details, go to Apps & Games content ratings on Google Play.
- Can't purchase any Google Play content from the Apps & Games, Movies & TV, and Books categories.
- Can't read or listen to sexually explicit books for Books on Google Play. However, users might see explicit books when searching or accessing them using a direct link to the content's page.
Google Maps and Google Earth
If you turn on Google Maps and Google Earth, Google Workspace for Education users under the age of 18 can't:
- Access features that require payments
- Create public posts, such as comments and reviews
- Participate in Local Guides
- Turn on Location History for their Google Workspace for Education account
- Access Google Maps Timeline
- Share their location
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