Circle - A Great Way For Managing Technology In The Home

Sometimes we struggle to manage technology in the home.  Our children have homework on the computer but when we check in ... they are surfing social media ... texting with friends ... and doing many things but the homework they sat down to do.  How can we help our children manage their technology?  You may want to check out Circle.

Circle is a relatively new device that can be used to manage all your home's connected devices.  With it you can filter content, manage screen time, set bed times and have a very clear picture of how online time is being used.  Each user in the house gets a profile and you can customize this as needed.

Additionally, you are able to pause/freeze internet use for any/all of the users in your circle.  Great for those times you want instant attention in your family ;)

For those of you wondering how this works outside of wifi, Circle offer an additional service called Circle Go, which extends the circle to cellular and wifi networks.  This may not work in Korea - we haven't tested it yet.  Circle Go is paid on a monthly subscription.

A friend using Circle with her family suggests the most powerful part of it for their family is being able to have conversations on how internet time is being managed and make changes as necessary.

At present Circle is approximately $90 USD and is only available from Amazon in the USA. Although it was launched with mac and iOS devices, it has now extended to Android as well.

You can check out a detailed parent review here.