Verizon Tries to Reinvent the Home Phone Number With 'Family Line'

From PC Mag: Verizon's updated online safety and digital wellness tools for families include a feature that may only resonate with parents over a certain age: a reboot of the landline concept.

The new Verizon Family Plus, announced Thursday, combines software for parents to monitor kids’ online use and real-world locations and spot and block online scams, among other things. But it also includes Family Line, which Verizon describes as “your home phone reimagined.”

This is an alternate line that will ring on up to five smartphones. Family members can also call from those digits and join a call in progress.

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