Microsoft Family Safety

Monitor screen time and build healthy habits with Family Safety

Microsoft Family Safety

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By: Microsoft Corporation

Users: 5,009,767

21.02K

Rating: 3.73

(35,717)

0.03

Version: 1.26.2.1015 (Last updated: 2024-03-20)

Creation date: 2020-07-17

Email: Fa*****@microsoft.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Contacts: read your contacts

Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)

Phone: read phone status and identity

Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections

Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity

Other:

update component usage statistics
receive data from Internet
view network connections
full network access
run at startup
prevent device from sleeping

Ranking

# 20,497 ▲ 17

Other rankings

#3 in Parenting (Free) ▲ 2 #42 in Parenting (Gross) ▲ 13 #3 in family keyword 80 #11 in parental control keyword 78 ▲ 1

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App summary

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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 safer while giving your kids independence to learn and grow.
This app is designed for both parents and kids.

For parents, it helps to create a safe space for their children to explore online. Set parental controls to filter inappropriate apps and games and set browsing to kid-friendly websites on Microsoft Edge.

Help your kids balance their screen time activity. Set limits for specific apps and games on Android, Xbox, or Windows. Or use device management to set screen time limits across devices on Xbox and Windows.

Use activity reporting to better understand your family's digital activity. View your kids’ activity in a weekly email to help start a conversation about online activity.

For kids, it ensures their safety in the digital world by adhering to parental controls and accessing age-appropriate content.

Microsoft Family Safety features:

Activity reports – Develop healthy digital habits
• Activity log of screen time and online usage
• Weekly email summary report of activity

Screen time – Find a balance
• Screen time app and game limits on Xbox, Windows, Android
• Screen time device limits on Xbox and Windows
• Get notified if your child requests more time

Content filters – Explore safely
• Web filters for kid-friendly browsing on Microsoft Edge
• Block inappropriate apps and games

Privacy & Permissions

Your privacy is important to us. We work around the clock to protect your data and information to help you keep your family safe. For example, we do not sell or share your location data with insurance companies or data brokers. 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.

With your child’s consent, Microsoft Family Safety may collect interaction data using accessibility, app usage, and device admin service permissions. This allows us to: know when they are using an app, exit an app on their behalf, or block apps that are not allowed.

Disclaimers

This app is provided by either Microsoft or a third-party app publisher and is subject to a separate privacy statement and terms and conditions. Data provided through the use of this store and this app may be accessible to Microsoft or the third-party app publisher, as applicable, and transferred to, stored and processed in the United States or any other country where Microsoft or the app publisher and their affiliates or service providers maintain facilities.

User reviews

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Pros

Allows remote control of children's computer usage.
Functional most of the time when it works.
Provides scheduling for when kids can use their devices.

Cons

Frequent bugs and reliability issues.
Time limits and activities do not sync properly.
Difficult user interface and navigation.
Poor customer support response and resolution.

Most mentioned

App does not function reliably.
Time limits and restrictions are often ignored.
Lag and delays in syncing between devices.
User interface is frustrating and not intuitive.

User reviews

I've used this for years without issues until recently. I've tried clearing cache uninstall ingredients and reinstalling. However, it no longer us keeping time limits correctly and continuously says oops it not you it's us. It will not refresh. I give and hour time and 2 hrs later my sons game has not been cut off. I tried sending logs but that parts sits and churns also. Apparently no one is minding the store!

teresa lipscomb, 2024-11-27

This is honestly one of the worst apps I've ever used. I use it exclusively for PC monitoring and it only works marginal. Extra time requests don't work. I'll approve and hour and it won't go through, instead I have to just use trial and error until my son can use his computer, and even then the amount of time he's allowed to play is random. The "lock device" button is not a button but just text that looks like a button. What does work is the schedule for when he can use the computer.

Benjamin McElwain, 2024-11-10

This app was almost a good idea. Unfortunately the performance ruins the whole experience. Accounts don't recognize each other half the time. Administrators don't have the ability to change some settings on accounts they set up themselves. And on and on and on. Very very buggy. Not worth the hastle.