Major release planned for 2025 to deliver safe, insightful AI Solutions for families in today’s digital landscape
PITTSBURGH, May 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smith Micro Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMSI) is excited to announce the upcoming launch of SafePath® 8, the next-generation evolution of its industry-leading family safety platform. Launching in 2025, SafePath 8 will introduce a suite of AI-driven features designed to help families navigate and manage their digital lives with greater confidence, control, and care.
"At Smith Micro we have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) for quite some time with our CommSuite visual voicemail solution, using machine learning models to deliver voice-to-text transcriptions," said William W. Smith, Jr., president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Smith Micro. "With SafePath 8, we’re taking a significant step forward with AI-powered features and functionality to empower parents with intelligent tools to provide actionable insights to help keep their families safe."
These new capabilities will be available across the full SafePath ecosystem, including the SafePath Kids rate plan solution, over-the-top (OTT) apps, and SafePath OS-powered phones for kids and seniors. Whether it’s a connected app or a purpose-built device, SafePath 8 will bring smarter safety to every family.
Social Media Intelligence
Upon release, SafePath 8 will help parents better understand their children’s online world. Using Advanced AI, Social Media Intelligence, SafePath will automatically notify parents of areas of potential concern appearing in their children’s social media activity, including content containing cyberbullying, hate speech, profanity, and self-harm. These insights will allow parents to react quickly and have valuable conversations with their children about their online activities.
Dynamic Age-Awareness
With SafePath 8, the company also plans to introduce a dynamic age-aware platform that can adapt to the child’s age. Once parents enter their child’s age group during setup, SafePath will automatically enter a self-configuring mode that will establish age-based settings for the child across several categories of protection based on recommendations of industry-leading experts, allowing parents to have an expert based starting point, while also having the ability to change these settings within the application to those they feel are most appropriate for their children.
AI Blocking Function
Another key new enhancement planned for future release on the SafePath 8 platform will be the ability to block kids from using AI chatbots and tools. This will allow parents to establish limits on AI use, putting them back in charge of what’s age-appropriate for their children. For example, studies have shown that using AI for homework can hinder critical thinking, where kids rely on external tools instead of engaging in deep internal thinking or putting in the steps to solve a math problem.
AI Assistant
SafePath 8 will also include an AI Assistant for parents. This unique feature is planned for a future release on SafePath 8 and will use large language models to provide parents with valuable insights about family activities in the digital and physical worlds.
Digital Wellness Resource Website
Available directly from our SafePath application, the Digital Wellness Resources site is a curated collection of online resources aimed at helping parents and families obtain helpful information on critical topics related to their child’s online safety. This resource will continue to expand to contain information relevant to today’s families.
About SafePath®
The SafePath platform provides comprehensive and easy-to-use tools to protect digital lifestyles and manage connected devices through a single app. As a carrier-grade, white-label solution, SafePath empowers wireless service providers and cable operators to bring to market full-featured, on-brand family safety solutions that provide in-demand services such as location, parental controls, screen time management and driver monitoring to mobile subscribers. SafePath-based solutions activate new revenue opportunities for service providers while helping to increase brand affinity and reduce subscriber churn. Learn more at smithmicro.com/safepath.
About Smith Micro Software, Inc.
Smith Micro develops software to simplify and enhance the mobile experience, providing solutions to some of the leading wireless service providers around the world. From enabling Digital Family Lifestyle™ solutions to providing powerful voice messaging capabilities, our solutions enrich today’s connected lifestyles while creating new opportunities to engage consumers via smartphones and consumer IoT devices. The Smith Micro portfolio also includes a wide range of products for creating, sharing and monetizing rich content, such as visual voice messaging, optimizing and analyzing retail content display and performing analytics on any product set. For more information, visit www.smithmicro.com. Smith Micro and the Smith Micro logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Smith Micro Software, Inc.
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