Do you remember the first time you backed out of the driveway on your own? It was pure freedom. For your parents? It was probably one of the most terrifying times of their life. When you were a teenager, your parents had no way to know how fast you were driving, when you arrived at your location, how safe you drove, etc. No news was good news, and hope was the only real tool available until you checked in with them. If you have teenage drivers today, rejoice in the fact that the fear of the unknown your parents had is not the world you have to live in today. There’s a lot of negatives with 2026 technology, but Hey Polo is a clear example of where technology has made life better and safer for teenage drivers.
Hey Polo is way more than just a paid version of Apple’s Find My service. It is a family safety app that covers real-time location sharing, arrival and departure alerts, SOS emergency alerts, and driving safety features all in one single app for one price. The driving piece is what sets it apart from a basic location sharing app like Apple’s Find My service. Every trip your teenage driver takes is tracked and scored, and you can see exactly how it went: how fast they drove, whether they were using their smartphone behind the wheel, whether there was sudden braking or rapid increases in speed, and whether any serious driving events were detected. The Driving Score gives each trip a number based on their actual driving behavior.
Hey Polo detects crashes and notifies you automatically. Combined with arrival alerts, you go from hoping that no news is good news to actually knowing if they are safe. Locations update on a 5 second interval. One subscription covers your entire family with no per-person fees, works across iPhone and Android, and is built by the team behind Surfshark. They don’t sell your data, and all data is deleted every 7 days. There’s a 30-day money-back guarantee. 9to5Mac readers get 67% off, bringing the annual plan to just $3.99 a month.
Source: 9to5Mac · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing