United StatesThe 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).
Hacked
At first, we liked this app. However, twice in one month, someone has been able to add themselves to the family and the first time used it to purchase several gift cards from Microsoft. Thankfully, our credit union stopped the fraudulent charges. We changed our passwords and just got hacked again. We deleted the account and the app.
United StatesCool
My dad put this app on my phone before I opened it on Christmas and I can see how long I’ve been on the computer 💻
United StatesLocks up - practically useless
Continuously lock ups and freezing. Makes the app useless in IOS. On our Android device it works flawlessly.
United StatesBalance Isn’t There
Overall I enjoy the convenience of being able to apply some setting between my app and my console and I hope it’s just a me problem but I can’t stand that I can’t see the balance on my kid’s card in app until I add to it.. besides having the trust and verification from my kid, the app had always shown the balance before.
United StatesLost features
The app no longer notifies you when a family member leaves or arrives in a specified location. And in November there will be no location or drive features? Well then you app is useless to me.
United StatesTime limits ignored
Such a deeply flawed and poorly designed app. Xbox time limits are consistently ignored. The Family Safety app reports “Time limit reached today” but my child is able to keep playing without limits. Contacting Microsoft support to troubleshoot the app is tedious and slow, and the solutions they offer (completely reset the Xbox, use the web site instead of the app to set time limits, etc) are at best temporary. The last time we did a full Xbox reset, the app worked for one day and then reverted to infinite playtime. The app is so disrespectful and dismissive of family safety that the app name seems like a cruel joke
United StatesDoesn’t allow setting screen time limits for self (adult)
I was hoping to use this like I do screen time limits on Apple platforms to limit my own screen time in specific things, but it only supports child accounts.
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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
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