Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults

What happened

Microsoft is adding new age-awareness APIs to Windows 11 that will allow apps to determine whether someone is a child, teenager, or adult without exposing their exact date of birth. [...]

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1. BleepingComputerPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%
   Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults ↗Sep 8, 2026, 9:16 PM

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• Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults Observed

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1. September 8, 2026 at 9:16 PMFirst reported

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