Apple Addresses Screen Time Bug, Vows to Fix Parental Control Issue

Apple has acknowledged a bug with its parental controls feature, Screen Time, on the iPhone and iPad, and has promised to make further improvements. Some parents have reported that Screen Time settings sometimes reset or fail to sync across devices within a Family Sharing group. Apple has already fixed the issue with iOS 16.5, but some users have continued to experience it on devices updated to iOS 16.6 and the iOS 17 public beta. The company is actively working on updates to address the problem, although the timeline for their release is unclear. Screen Time was introduced in 2018 as a built-in option for parental controls on iOS devices.