Accessibility Disabled in Android

The Bark Kids app needs Accessibility enabled in your kid's settings to be fully set up.

Quick Alternative

Quick Steps

  1. Open the bark kids app.png Bark Kids app on your kid's Android or Bark Phone.
  2. Tap Accessibility on the checklist.
  3. Under Services, Installed Services, or Installed Apps, tap Bark and turn it on
    accessibility bark.png
    Getting an error?
    Devices with Android 13+ will need to do it this way: Open the Settings app Apps Bark three dot menu on top right tap on Allow restricted settings. Then, open the Settings app again Accessibility turn on Bark. If you don’t see the three-dot menu, try triggering the Accessibility error again—it should appear after that.
  4. Open the bark kids app.png Bark Kids app again.
  5. Tap ⚙️ Settings:
    new_bfk_home_screen.png
    On the Bark Jr subscription?
    You can skip this step!
  6. Tap Test Monitoring.

 

That's it!  🎉

Monitoring should have resumed. Here's how to check it:

  1. Open up your parent app / dashboard.
  2. Tap on your kid's profile
  3. Tap Devices.
  4. Look for a green checkmark:
    new UI monitoring healthy.png

Accessibility continues to get disabled

There's a few reasons that could be happening. Let's get it fixed up!

Ensure accessibility remains enabled

Need more help?

Check out our Android Troubleshooting Guide