To track kids activity and location,Microsoft Family Safety appgives you the controls.
In Oct 2020, it has somepremium featureswithOffice 365subscription.
Thisparental controlapp competes with other apps onAndroid.
Microsoft Accountis used to create child accounts.
One of the member will be the parent or organizer of the family.
When he gives permissions, certain activities can be done by the children.
Parent can restrict the activities of the kid and see what sites he/she uses.
you’re free to also monitor web browsing on Microsoft Edge, and enforce Safe Search on Bing.
However, Microsoft Family Safety also has some drawbacks that limit its effectiveness and usability.
App blocking on Windows only works for Microsoft Store apps, not desktop applications.
And screen time restrictions on Android devices do not work at all.
You also cannot block or limit access to these apps on iOS devices.
However, these features are only available in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.
The file is 29MB in size on Redmi Note 4.
Microsoft Office 365 comes with apremium subscription of Rs 530/monthly or Rs 5299 for annual subscription.
The latest version in Android is 1.2.2.569.
The Sign-in options allow you to login using your Github account.
All location features and screen time rely on the app running in the background.
you might allow Family Safety to prioritize features like location sharing, even when battery is low.
controls in the mobile have Digital Wellbeing & Parental Controls.
But if all the family members are using Microsoft accounts, then the Safety app is more suitable.
The app was prompting to skip battery optimizations.
This may reduce battery life, if you have turned on the location features of your phone.
This is generally for old phones like Samsung Galaxy S20, M51 and F41.
How much time is spent on each unit Windows 10, Xbox, Android?
All this can be tracked with a single permission from the member (child).
Once you create afamily groupas an organizer of Microsoft account, you might addadditional members of the family.
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If you pick the particular role, you might see the different options available.
Add places to your profile, to visit them later or make it as a default location.
you’ve got the option to alsoadd someone to the familyusing the app feature.
hit any member (kid or child) of your family in list mode.
Today and Last 7 days activity of the child can be seen.
This will include bothAndroid PlayStoreandWindows 10 Store apps.
you might set app limits or completely block the app usage for your kid.
choose the days of the week, from and to timings.
Apps and Games card
This will show the most used apps by the kid.
Web Activity
What websites were visited by the kid can also be seen in this card.
press See all to see all the list of sites visited.
The top websites with the number of views below each site are also mentioned.
If there are any blocked websites, that are also visible here.
Search Activity
This will show the total number of searches done in Bing.
It is useful to know if the kid is searching for costly items or drug dealers kind of things.
This is kind of snooping into the kids activity on the web.
A member can be both child and adult.
Their age allows them to turn activity reporting on or off.
To use app and game limits, ask them to turn activity reporting on.
you’re free to see yourscreen time activityfor today and the 7 days period.
But you cannot set limits, as you are not the organizer.
Everything that is visible in the organizer window can also be seen here.
But as a member you cannot set limits and edit any permissions.
When you nudge the Map tab, you’re free to see your location on the map.
it’s possible for you to also see the permissions needed for this to work.
The following two permissions are required
Content filters like the age restriction for apps and games.
Is the web and search activity turned on, can be seen here.
Get drive details like top speed, phone use, mapped routes.
This is a premium feature.
When you hit options, your age allows your turn activity reporting on or off.
This will give permission to the organiser to set limits on apps and games and also adjust other prefs.
If you are using the same set of devices, then it can be easy to track its usage.
The important feature of this app, that it allows to track kid location.
Especially useful for kids below 10 years of age.
Since young kids cannot tamper with the options, it should not worry you much.
