Family hub privacy checklist for parents

Microphones and voice

Several devices list voice features: Greenlight's 'Hey Greenlight' (a paid feature), Nori's 'Hey Nori', Apolosign's 'Hey Google' and Gemini chat, Cozyla's AI voice agent, and Everblog's voice input. If you don't want a microphone in a kitchen, check whether voice can be switched off.

Location features

Greenlight lists real-time location sharing, place alerts and driving reports as Hub+ features. These are separate from chores. Decide as a family whether you want location in the same device as the calendar.

Accounts for children

We recommend that parents hold the accounts. Where a product offers a child-facing app, read how it handles kids' information. This site does not collect any information about children.

Your questions for any maker

• What data is stored, and where?
• Is any of it sold or shared for advertising?
• Can I delete my family's data?
• What stops working if I cancel a plan?

What we can and can't tell you

We have not tested any of these devices, so we can't say what they transmit. Skylight states it is certified under data privacy frameworks and commits to never sell customer data to third parties; that's the maker's statement, not our verification.