California is moving age checks from the website to the phone

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California’s Digital Age Assurance Act, enacted in October 2025 and effective 1 January 2027, will require operating-system providers with account-setup features to collect a device user’s age or birth date from an adult account holder and provide apps or covered app stores with a real-time age-bracket signal rather than a date of birth. The minimum brackets are under 13, 13–15, 16–17, and 18 or older, and the law characterizes this information as nonpersonally identifiable data. AB 1856, which passed the California Legislature in August 2026 but had not yet received the Governor’s approval at the time described, would broaden the law’s applicability beyond devices identified as primarily used by children, clarify signal recipients, and prohibit requesting an age signal unless required by the Act or another law. The approach differs from service-by-service age verification systems, such as the United Kingdom’s model, by allowing a device to reuse one age assertion across applications, potentially reducing repeated disclosures and verification costs. However, the device signal is based on information entered during setup and does not independently confirm the current user’s identity or age, so services facing higher-assurance legal obligations may still need separate age or identity verification.

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