Apple will introduce "age assurance" technology to boost children's privacy and safety on the company's devices, the company announced Thursday as part of its broader push to protect kids online.

With the new technology, parents will be able to select the age range of their kids instead of providing their exact birthdates when setting up child accounts, Apple wrote in a white paper published Thursday.

This would be done before young users download apps from third-party developers, who will soon be able to use a "Declared Age Range API" that gives them access to this range.

"As with everything we do, the feature will be designed around privacy and users will be in control of their data,"........

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