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it's a terrifying moment in a parent's life seeing your child get behind the wheel of a car but in some ways technology has your back and your kids Trouville o is a small device that turns your car into a connected car by plugging into the Diagnostics port a feature that became standard in all US cars in 1996 every time you start a car the car goes to a self-diagnostic chat we get access to that data and we can tell you something is wrong way before the check engine light comes up that data is sent via bluetooth to an app on your smartphone we have sensors built within our system that tell you how you're driving your car so if you do hard acceleration brakes swerving what speed you're driving yet things like that true Volo also provides alerts based on specific locations so you can find out when your child arrives or leaves home school or a friend's place and yes the app can tell if the device is unplugged but maybe your kids would welcome the driving data the most common feedback was that they're as nervous about driving as parents are nervous about the kids driving my son said once I finished my drive I want a quick thumbs-up or a thumbs-down did I do well they not do well another serious concern for parents distracted driving the Android app agent is designed to make your smartphone smarter what we do is intelligently make changes on the phone in the background and automatically what things that you would probably do yourself manually for example when your battery is running low the screen brightness lowers automatically it's driving agent is especially well-suited for texting teens the automatically detects when you're driving based off your speed or a Bluetooth connection and then if you get text messages it will read out the messages to you and you have the option to send an auto response or by voice dictator response some added safety for kids and peace of mind for parents in San Francisco I'm Sumi das cnet.com for CBS News