Apple releases guide to help families ‘build healthy digital habits’

Apple’s new family digital-habits guide, paired with child-safety features in iOS 27, shows how major platform vendors are turning digital wellbeing into a strategic product differentiator. For CIOs and IT leaders, the takeaway is that consumer ecosystems are increasingly shaping user behavior and expectations around screen time, content safety, and communications controls, which can affect device choice, support demands, and employee guidance in BYOD-heavy environments.