You know the scenario: You’re sitting at a restaurant or some other place with a long wait, and you see all the warning signs that your kid is quickly devolving into meltdown mode. You hand them your iPhone in desperation with a perfectly respectable (if not educational) episode of Sesame Street playing on the PBS Kids app. But toddlers don’t just sit there and happily watch the screen. Instead, they always want to reach out and touch the damn thing. Before you know it, they’ve accidentally exited out of the app or pressed pause and the tears you were working so hard to avoid begin — loudly.
Enter every parent's new best friend: Guided Access
And it's not just for kids
Perhaps you’re handing your phone over to a coworker to show off some pictures but don’t want them to see your texts or the rest of your photo gallery. Just triple-tap the Home button before handing it over and you’re safe!
See? Genius.
