Microsoft Family Safety

Microsoft Family Safety

By Microsoft Corporation

  • Category: Lifestyle
  • Release Date: 2020-07-28
  • Current Version: 2.0.5
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 105.30 MB
  • Developer: Microsoft Corporation
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Score: 4.08486
4.08486
From 7,188 Ratings
Free On itunes

Description

The Microsoft Family Safety app helps empower you and your family to create healthy habits and protect the ones you love. Get peace of mind that your family is staying a little safer while giving your kids independence. Create a safe space for your kids to explore online. Set healthy boundaries to block inappropriate content and limit browsing to kid-friendly websites using Microsoft Edge on Windows, Xbox, and Android. Get notified when your kids want to download a more mature app or game from the Microsoft Store with age limits, keeping you in the know and helping to avoid surprises. Develop healthy digital habits and provide transparency into your family's activities. View your kids’ weekly activity to help start a conversation about online behavior. Set device time limits across Xbox and Windows. Or if your kids will be on devices longer for things like online learning, set time limits on specific apps or games on Xbox, Windows, or Android. Microsoft Family Safety features: Screen time – Develop healthy digital habits • Set screen time app and game limits on Xbox, Windows, Android • Set device time limits on Xbox and Windows • View activity summary of screen time and online usage • Get notifications if a child requests more time Content filters – Allow children to explore the internet safely • Restrict websites and search terms using Microsoft Edge • Block inappropriate apps and games Your privacy is important to us. We work around the clock to protect your data and information to help keep your family safe. We do not sell or share your data. We provide you with meaningful choices about how and why data is collected and used and give you the information you need to make the choices that are right for you and your family. Microsoft Family Safety is subject to the privacy terms (see aka.ms/privacy).

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Reviews

  • Good for the most part

    4
    By Ashe4
    I’d like it a lot better if you can see exactly what time your child opened an app.

  • Signing in Sucks!

    1
    By informworld
    When I can’t use Microsoft Auth app (which ironically says I need to sign in)to sign in it tells me to try another method. I get an email, then i am prompted to reset my password??! So I do, than I have to sign in, but I can’t use Auth app. So I try another method. Then it wants me to reset my password. Never ending chaos. I can’t stand you Microsoft.

  • App lacks basic functionality that would be useful to parents

    2
    By mtnurbanist
    First complaint: If you want to give you kid more screen time (as a reward or extra time to finish a school assignment), they can request it, but the app does not include a feature to connect you to that setting. You just have to know to select the bell icon and click through a bunch of steps. Second complaint: If your child has multiple devices (one for school and one for games), you cannot set screen time limits for one device. It’s one screen time limit for all devices. It does, however, track how much time your kid spends on each device. Microsoft: Hire an actual parent to build an app that works for today’s families. And host a focus group of parents to help you identify what families need. You can do better.

  • Parent Approved!

    4
    By Jehovah's Witness for Life!
    4 Stars because I am not really using it like crazy.

  • Terrible user experience

    1
    By Steflee89
    For anyone who has ever played games or tried to manage kids gaming time this app is missing some major functionality. Only option is a schedule that has to be changed every time to update playing time then to be changed back or for the kids to be kicked once their time runs out to send a request for more time. Some basic functionality is one time screen time increases that don’t impact the schedule, request for screen time from the Xbox before you run out of time. This should be baseline not features that have been missing for years

  • Such a waste of time

    1
    By Irarelyrateapps!
    This app is so confusing. My aim for installing this app was to set screen time on my child’s laptop but the process was so tedious and difficult. I struggled a lot and I am a tech wiz so that is saying a lot. It kept on locking my son out of his laptop while he also needed to do things on this part for the app feature to function. I tried to adjust the time limit they immediately set on his laptop but his laptop wouldn’t update. We had to wait 7 hours and even after finally being able to log in, the app stated that his laptop wasn’t connected even though it was clearly reprimanded by the screen time. A billion dollar company with such a disgrace of an app and feature. Do better.

  • Rarely works like it’s supposed to

    1
    By J_732
    If you want to struggle to log in and watch screens spin this is the app for you! I’ve never had so much trouble trying to give someone my money. So dumb.

  • Freezes

    1
    By Sparky9619
    App does not work. Constantly freezes up.

  • Easy to hack

    1
    By Adia.
    My son who is 11 years old is able to bypass the screen lock through double tapping on change user

  • Keeps freezing

    1
    By TurtleJam10
    It used to perform ok. But now it’s completely worthless. Can’t get into my kids account to manage their game time.

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