Google India and YouTube have launched a Digital Wellbeing Guidebook for Indian families, developed with mental health specialists, education experts, child development professionals, and parenting advocates, including voices from NIMHANS and Fortis Healthcare. Rather than leading with screen-time restrictions, the guide is built around shared routines, family media agreements, and technology-free zones that parents and children set up together.
A section on Indian households specifically covers shared devices, exam-season screen use, and children's growing exposure to digital payments. For homes where one phone or tablet serves the whole family, the guide points to tools like YouTube's Who's Watching profile selector to keep viewing separate and protect privacy. For teenagers managing UPI-based pocket money, it flags scam-detection tools such as Circle to Search, alongside GPay's UPI Circle for setting spending limits and tracking transactions.
