Family screens

A family screen turns a spare tablet, a kitchen display or a TV browser into a calm board the whole house can glance at: the time, today for each person, the chores, dinner and who is driving. It runs from a private link, so nobody has to sign in on it.

Owners and adults open People, then Family screens, and create a screen with a live preview. Choose:

• which people get a column (or everyone),
• what shows: today’s plans, chores, meals, weather, countdowns, the shopping list count, photos and who is driving,
• an album for the photo frame (an album the whole household can see),
• night hours, when the screen dims (10 PM to 6:30 AM to start with),
• whether chores can be ticked off on the screen.

1. Copy the link. It is shown once.
2. Open it in the tablet’s browser and add it to the home screen.
3. Plug the tablet in. Where the browser allows it, the screen asks to stay awake.

A big clock and the date, the weather, one column per person in their color with today’s plans, a strip of chores to tap off, dinner tonight, countdowns, how many things are on the shopping list and who is driving. After 5 minutes without a touch it becomes a photo frame with the clock, if photos are on. If the network drops, it keeps showing the last update with a small offline note.

Tap a chore, confirm who did it, and it is saved for that person. The activity timeline says it was done on the family screen.

Only things shared with the whole household appear. A family screen never shows private or Adults only items, money amounts, documents, health records, gifts or notes. Doctor and dentist visits show only as “Appointment”, with no place.

Anyone who has the link can see the board, so keep it on the device. New link replaces it and the old one stops working. Turn off ends it at once, and the screen then says it was turned off.

Family screens are on Household and Household+, up to 3 per household.