Verizon Family Companion
Install the Companion app on your kid’s phone to get Verizon Family features.
Detailed description
- Locate Guardians, Members and other Dependents (if granted location sharing permission)
- Send a check-in (a location update to Guardians)
- Send a Pick-me-up request to a Guardian
- Start or receive a Safe Walk and send or receive an SOS
- View your driving insights
The Verizon Family Companion app is intended for minors in the family. Adults can use the Verizon Family app.
Basic location sharing is now available on your Smartwatch via Wear OS. Featuring Wear OS Complications.
This app uses Accessibility and VPN services to support parental control features. Together, the Accessibility and VPN services are used to block children's access to websites prohibited by parents and to prevent children from disabling other parental control features.
About Verizon Family Companion
Permissions breakdown
Grouped as shown on Google Play. Informational only.
• find accounts on the device
• read calendar events plus confidential information
• add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge
• find accounts on the device
• read your contacts
• modify your contacts
• approximate location (network-based)
• precise location (GPS and network-based)
• directly call phone numbers
• read phone status and identity
• read the contents of your USB storage
• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
• read the contents of your USB storage
• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
• take pictures and videos
• record audio
• view Wi-Fi connections
• read phone status and identity
• body sensors (like heart rate monitors)
• view network connections
• pair with Bluetooth devices
• access Bluetooth settings
• send sticky broadcast
• change network connectivity
• connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
• disable your screen lock
• full network access
• close other apps
• change your audio settings
• read sync settings
• run at startup
• reorder running apps
• draw over other apps
• control vibration
• prevent device from sleeping
• toggle sync on and off
• install shortcuts
• uninstall shortcuts
• read Google service configuration