Nintendo has detailed the additional parental controls that will be available on Switch 2. With the Switch Parental Controls app, you will have options about how your kid(s)–16 years old and younger–interact with other people on GameChat, the new social hub for the upcoming system.
On Nintendo’s website, the company states that you can permit or block who your children chat with online; enable or disable video capabilities; and access a history of GameChat sessions. The history information seems to go pretty in-depth, providing how long your kid has played with a friend and even what the camera’s field of view was during video-chatting.
Switch 2 GameChat also requires a phone number for security purposes, with text-message verification needed before chatting online with people. This serves as another buffer, too, against children finding their way on the social hub. There is also a toggle to turn on Switch 2 system lock. This means a PIN is required to unlock the system from sleep mode.
Nintendo also updated the Switch mobile app ahead of Switch 2’s launch later this week. New functionality includes the ability to find screenshots and videos from Switch 2 on the app, as well as utilize Zelda Notes for the enhanced Switch 2 Editions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
Switch 2 comes out this Thursday, June 5, for $450.
