The new Apple iPhone X are seen on display at the Apple Store in Manhattan, New York
Apple recently launched iOS 13.3 update that introduces the use of security key on Apple's Safari browser. (Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)

Over the past weeks, it appears that Apple's headaches with the iOS 13 updates have subsided, but it is far from being a flawless situation. Although we might have not heard reports of bricked iPhones or broken updates, the iOS 13. 3 may bring its own set of concerns, particularly from parents. The most recent iOS build introduced a new feature that would help parents protect their kids from strangers; but, a new report claims that this feature has a bug and is not able to deliver its promise.

One of the major features of the latest Apple iOS 13.3 update is the Communication Limits. This feature helps parents to have more control over what their kids can and cannot do with their iPhones. The feature is essentially helpful in terms of FaceTime and Messages apps because it allows parents to block people from communicating to people that they should not be talking to.

Because of the iOS 13.3 Communication Limits feature, kids are restricted from adding numbers to the phonebook without the parent entering the PIN. But, it appears that this helpful feature is not functioning at all, making it nearly useless. In a recent report, CNBC shares that the key to this issue is whether the locked iPhone has its contacts synced to iCloud.

If they are not, regardless if the user has already updated the iPhone to iOS 13.3, children can still add a number and send that number a message even with Communication Limits activated. Aside from that, children with Apple Watch could also use Siri to send them a message or call the number that they want to contact. The Cupertino tech giant is already aware of the issue and is now advising parents to sync their kids' contacts to iCloud.

This should not only be limited to synching the contacts locally to the phone or to the Gmail account. Apple is reportedly working on a fix about the Communication Limits feature of the iOS 13.3, reports SlashGear. It is interesting that the Cupertino tech juggernaut might have overlooked this scenario that makes the protection it is offering ineffective.