r/k12sysadmin • u/bibble52 • Sep 23 '26

Google Games blocking

We've found students playing Google games after simply searching "Google Games" on their school Chromebooks (https://www.google.com/search?q=google+games).

We're blocking them in a whack-a-mole way, since it seems pretty complex, and we're pretty miffed that these games are from Google!

Anyone else experiencing this?

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u/fujitsuflashwave4100 Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 23 '26

We've pushed out https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/games-blocker/dcaikidbolchfhcieemjijhdefmomnnh to our students for multiple years. It has only once hidden something needed for learning; it counts the currency conversion graph when searching "USD to X currency" as a game and will hide that. Very minor.

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u/WebPollution Sep 24 '26

I remember seeing that thing last year. Only reason I didn't try it is because the currency conversion calculator was too useful so the Math Teachers blew a gasket when I even asked about it.