Microsoft Family Safety

3.0
35.1K reviews
10L+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

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.
Updated on
20 Mar 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.0
34.7K reviews
Peter de Wolff
24 February 2024
Requests for more time arrive >5 minutes. Response also takes minutes to be usefull on the screen. Just using the app and checking one of the kids> 30 secs to just get a screen. Updating location: minutes. First i said broken by design but now i am sure it is broken on purpose rendering it almost useless. A must have for marketing but without budget to create something good. Recent updates have removed usefull functions like disabling a device.
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Microsoft Corporation
26 February 2024
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!
Michael Shynar
2 November 2024
This app is the worst. It doesn't give any reasonable break down of screen usage day by day, but more importantly it's unreliable. The computer locks up after an hour of use and the app still reports only 7 minutes have been used. Sometimes the computer fails to lock and the app will not report usage at all. So what's the point of relying on it when it's so unreliable.
5 people found this review helpful
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Microsoft Corporation
4 November 2024
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. Based on some user experience, if you do not get the update offered you may have to uninstall the app first, then reinstall to get the new version.
Umesh Das
27 October 2024
Agree to the recent review in May 2023, recently this app is not working,after setting up schedule and restriction, a pop comes when user tried to acccess the blocked app or even outside the schedule time, but user ignoring that pop up and able to access the app and outside of the defined time. Also in the app it shows the user has not access the device/web I am sure this is syncing issue between the server to the user device. Or possibly server no link between user device to the rules.
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Microsoft Corporation
29 October 2024
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!

What's new

- Location Sharing Bug fix.
Thank you for using our app! We're always working to improve your experience, so please keep the feedback coming.