Microsoft Family Safety

Microsoft Family Safety

By Microsoft Corporation

  • Category: Lifestyle
  • Release Date: 2020-07-28
  • Current Version: 2.0.3
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 105.23 MB
  • Developer: Microsoft Corporation
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 16.0
Score: 3.9826
3.9826
From 5,978 Ratings

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

  • Doesn’t work for Minecraft on PlayStation4

    1
    By Whaler2867
    I tried over and over many different ways to allow my child to play in multiplayer on Minecraft for the PS4. There is NO place on the almost bare bones app that allows me to turn on and off multiplayer for my child’s Microsoft account that my child has to have to be able to play Minecraft now. Last week we had no problems playing multiplayer together on Minecraft. Now I can only invite my child into my game. I can no longer go into my child’s game with all of the worlds my child created. Nor can any of his friends. Nice going Microsoft.

  • Barely works

    1
    By K'Pam
    The app barely ever works. There are times when I try to lock my child's devices and it doesn't after many, many attempts. Same for unlocking a device. The scheduling works sometimes. It's very frustrating to use. I'm not sure what I'm doing incorrectly but it has not worked well for me at all.

  • Complaint

    1
    By Arscxzhrvfuv
    I can’t sign into my Microsoft account because I can’t remember my password and none of the verification codes will work.

  • Good. But could be so much better…

    3
    By DrCal1
    It needs some simple tweaks to help parents monitor and moderate their children. E.g. Why is the lock screen button buried in menus? Do some research on what users want and this app would be excellent.

  • Nice app

    5
    By Robert1224567
    Nice app to have some control over the kids’ screen time. Hope that we can use it on IPads.

  • Screen time limits just stop working occasionally

    3
    By jillkasz
    Multiple times per week, the screen time limits stop working. The app will show my son is out of screen time, but he can (and will) just keep playing games on his PC or watching videos on his laptop forever. Then I need to get into a screen time battle with him. This is extremely frustrating because the whole reason I'm using Microsoft Family is so that I don't need to get into battles all the time. He is not an admin on any of the devices. I realize that if I make him stop and then I reboot the device, the screen time limits MAY start working again, but that's another battle. He's happy if everything just lets him use the screens forever.

  • Absolute garbage

    1
    By RPGenie
    You’d think they don’t want my money. This has been a problem for as long as I’ve had the app. Not all the features are here and I have to go on the website but they try to force you to the app. My daughter requests Minecraft purchases but I have never been able to complete the approval through the app because it freezes on the sign in. I spend 30-60 mins every time jumping through hoops to approve a Minecraft purchase through the browser webpage which is also garbage.

  • Great for helping friend or family rehab

    5
    By AlecPet
    Using this to control access for a friend recovering from addiction. Works great, easy for him to request sites and easy for me to approve.

  • Unnecessary, garbage app

    1
    By dhess34
    This is an absolute joke from Microsoft, trying to force consumers to use an app, when a 1MB webpage would have better performance, and be easier for everyone to use. I’m beyond excited that Microsoft is doing massive layoffs; anyone involved in this project deserves to not have a job. Shame on Microsoft.

  • Approval Crash

    2
    By KarlsBD
    Every time my child wants to download an app it sends approval for me to ok. While I love that option, every time I attempt to approve it the app freezes and I can’t approve anything. Would love a fix for that!

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