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Essential features

Essential features are features that are required for a product to function, even if they require parental consent. These features are typically core capabilities that can't be turned off without making the product unusable.

What are essential features?​

Essential features are features that:

  • Are required for the product to function
  • Can't be turned off without breaking core capabilities
  • Might require parental consent but are necessary for the product to work
  • Are typically included in the initial consent flow

Essential features compared to optional features​

  • Essential features: Must be enabled for the product to function (for example, account creation, basic gameplay)
  • Optional features: Can be turned off without breaking core capabilities (for example, social features, in-game purchases)

Configuring essential features​

Essential features are configured in the Compliance Studio for your product. When configuring permissions, you can mark certain permissions as essential, which means:

  • They're included in the initial consent request
  • They can't be turned off by parents (though they can still be denied consent entirely)
  • They're required for the product to function

Multi-product approval and essential features​

When using multi-product approval, if one product has an essential feature that requires consent, the entire consent flow might require that feature to be approved. This is because essential features are necessary for the product to function.

For more information on multi-product approval, see Multi-product approval.