Microsoft Family Safety 4+
Screen time & content filters
Microsoft Corporation
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- Free
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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 behaviour. 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).
What’s New
Version 1.26.1
- Restored Lock Device feature: We've listened to your feedback and brought back the Lock Device feature. Now you can easily lock your device from within the app.
- Updated steps: We've updated the steps to complete the new update on the app and the family website, making it easier for you to get the latest version.
- Crash Fixes: We've fixed some bugs that were causing the app to crash, so you can enjoy a smoother experience.
Thank you for using our app! We're always working to improve your experience, so please keep the feedback coming.
Ratings and Reviews
Great app to manage and control your child time on PC
The application is very simple to manage children online time and computer usage. However, not always 100% reliable when approving times and logins. Sometimes you need to be ready to approve the child login on the PC itself when the request times don’t come through to the application
Developer Response ,
Thank you for sharing this! We're glad to hear that our app has been useful for you. We love hearing from our users and if there are other ways we can improve the experience for you, please send feedback via the app (Home/Menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback)
Removing flexibility
In a move only Microsoft would make, they’ve added a “new feature” by removing the ability to spread device time between PC and Console systems. No longer can the parent give a child a block of time and let them choose how much of it they use on their PC and how much on their console. Now the parent gets to micro manage how time is split between the two platforms. Gee thanks, I didn’t know how much I needed that improvement.
A reasonable approach would be to allow either method, but we all know how reasonable the Microsoft behemoth is when it comes to being user friendly.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for using Family Safety! Sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue. If you could send us more details and logs from the app by tapping on the App Menu/Home > Help and Feedback > Send feedback > I Don’t Like Something > Attach/Include Logs/Diagnostics, we’ll take a look. Thank you!
App crashing now
Yes this app has crashed continually since the last update 2 weeks ago. I’m also on iPhone 13. Very frustrating.
Developer Response ,
We recently fixed an issue that affects some users with this functionality. Please update the app from the Store to ensure you have the latest version. If you continue to have an issue, please let us know by sending email to familysafetyfeedback@microsoft.com, and we’d be glad to look into it. Thank you!
App Privacy
The developer, Microsoft Corporation, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Microsoft Corporation
- Size
- 163 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn't open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2021 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- Price
- Free