What parents need to know about Marco Polo, the family video messaging app, including indefinite storage, group invite risks, and why 'safer than DMs' is only partly true.
อายุทางการ
13+
เราแนะนำ
10+
นักพัฒนา
Joya Communications
ความเสี่ยง
4
Marco Polo is an asynchronous video messaging app marketed at families and close friend groups. Instead of texting or video-calling, users record short videos and send them to a contact or group. Recipients see a stack of waiting videos and reply when convenient. There is no public feed and no algorithm. For families separated by distance - grandparents, deployed parents, university-age siblings - it can feel warmer than text and easier to schedule than a live FaceTime. The trade-offs are that every video is stored on the company's servers indefinitely so the recipients can rewatch them, the audience of a group chat can grow when another adult invites someone new, and recipients can take a screen recording or download the video file.
Children typically use Marco Polo to talk to grandparents, cousins, and friends who have moved away. Many enjoy the freedom to record a long video without an adult standing next to them, which is the same freedom that means a child can over-share - school name, address, friend's surnames, what is visible in the bedroom behind them. In multi-family groups, a child's videos can be seen by extended family members or family friends they barely know, and any of those adults can re-share. Because the app is positioned as wholesome, some parents drop the level of supervision they would apply to a Snapchat or iMessage chat with the same people.
Profile and Contact Discovery
ตำแหน่ง: Profile -> Settings -> Privacy
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Restricted to people you have invited
Stops the app suggesting your child to people in other contact books who happen to have their number.
Group Membership Notifications
ตำแหน่ง: Profile -> Settings -> Notifications
ตั้งค่าเป็น: On for member changes
Sends a notification when a new person is added to a group your child is in, so you can review who is now seeing their videos.
Camera and Microphone Access
ตำแหน่ง: Device Settings -> Apps -> Marco Polo -> Permissions
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Only when in use
Standard device permission setting that prevents background access to the camera and microphone.
Linked Phone Number
ตำแหน่ง: Profile -> Settings -> Account
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Parent's number for under-13 accounts
Marco Polo links to a phone number. For a young child, using the parent's number keeps the account tied to an adult and removes the need to give the child a SIM.
Set up the account on the parent's device and decide together which family members are added, before any videos are recorded
เวลา: 20 minutes
Agree to be added to every group your child is in so you can see the membership change notifications
เวลา: 10 minutes
Talk about what is visible behind your child when recording - school uniform, address signs, school books with names on them
เวลา: 10 minutes
Explain that videos are stored on the company's servers and can be rewatched by recipients at any time
เวลา: 5 minutes
ตรวจสอบล่าสุด: 2026-06-14
เนื้อหาต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษ: /apps/marco-polo