Windows 10: How to Set App and Game Limits for Microsoft Family Child Member

Brink · Jul 28, 2018

How to: How to Set App and Game Limits for Microsoft Family Child Member

How to Set App and Game Limits for Microsoft Family Child on Windows 10, Xbox One, and Android

A child's location, limit which websites and games they can access, and require your approval to purchase from the Microsoft Store.

Once you set up your family group, you can add or remove child and adult members.

If your child is spending too much time on certain apps, you can set limits on the apps to help them achieve a healthy balance. App limits are available on Windows 10 and Xbox One devices, along with Android devices with Microsoft Launcher installed. Once you set a limit on an app, that limit will work across all of their devices. (For example, if you give them three hours on YouTube, they can spend a total of three hours on Windows 10, Xbox One, and Android.)

See also:

Set app limits across your kids' devices | Microsoft account support

Introducing App and Game Limits for Family Settings | Xbox Wire

New app and game limits empower parents with more specific settings | Windows Blogs

This tutorial will show you how to turn on an manage app and game limits for a child member in your Microsoft Family group on their Windows 10, Xbox One, and Android devices.

EXAMPLE: Set App and Game Limits on Windows 10 and Xbox One

Here's How:

1 Do step 2 or step 3 below for how you would like to manage your family settings online.

2 As an adult in the family group, go to the Microsoft Family website, sign in with your Microsoft account if not already, and go to step 4 below.

3 Open Settings in Windows 10, click/tap on the Accounts icon, click/tap on Family & other users on the left side, click/tap on the Manage family settings online link, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)

4 Click/tap on the App and game limits link for the child member you want to manage. (see screenshot below)

5 Turn on or off (default) App and game limits for what you want for this child. (see screenshot below)

You will need to turn on activity reporting for this child to be able to turn on the App and game limits setting.

6 (If turned on) Under Installed apps, find and turn on the app(s) you want to set limits on. If youve never set limits, itll show how often they use the app or game on average. (see screenshot below step 7)

7 (If turned on) Set how much time your child is allowed to spend on an app or game each day, and when theyre allowed to use it.

That's it,
Shawn

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Brink · Oct 27, 2019

Family Settings - Manage for Child in Windows 10

UPDATE: Email from Microsoft.

Hi,

Microsoft family features now empower busy parents like you to more easily tailor experiences in the Microsoft ecosystem for each family member. We are introducing several new features and improvements, and we want to let you know what you can expect.

We listened to your feedback
We made several changes and improvements.

Screen time extensions: When your kids ask for more screen time on a Windows 10 PC, you can extend it through email and the website.

Safer settings for younger kids: When adults create new child accounts, only kids under 8 years old will have settings automatically turned on. For kids 8 and up, adults need to turn on the settings they want when they make new accounts.

Simplified web experience:account.microsoft.com/family is now the one place to manage family settings for Windows Phone and PCs.

Web browsing limits now only on Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer: On Windows 10 PCs, and now on Windows 10 Mobile, web browsing limits will only apply to Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. If you decide to prevent your kids from using other browsers, you can choose to block other browsers that are not supported. Learn more about this change.

Microsoft family features coming to Windows 10 mobile
When your child sets up their Windows 10 Mobile phone with their Microsoft account, the family settings you previously set up for them will automatically apply:

Recent activity to see their activity from Windows 10 PC and Windows 10 mobile devices.

Web browsing limits to block inappropriate content.

Set Apps, games & media limits according to their age and content ratings.

Find your child lets you locate your child’s device on a map.

Windows Store is now more family friendly
Kids can buy the stuff they want, but you know they’ll stay within the spending and content limits you set.

Add money to your kid’s account without giving them your credit card.

Kid-friendly Store browsing limited to the app, game, and media limits you set.

Review your child’s recent purchases on their Purchase & spending page.

Read more about these new Microsoft family features and more at account.microsoft.com/family/faq
Send us your feedback with the Feedback link at the bottom of that page, or with the Windows Feedback app on Windows 10. We’ll keep working on improving your experience.

Thanks for using Microsoft family features!
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Brink · Oct 27, 2019

New App and Game Limits for Family Settings on Windows 10 and Xbox One

Screen time is something so many families think about every day, including me, both at work as the product and strategy lead for family at Microsoft, and at home as a mother of two. I’m excited to share the next step in our efforts to empower families to strike the right balance of technology use in their lives with new app and game limits. Starting today, you can access this new feature in preview within our existing family settings across Windows 10, Xbox One and Android via Microsoft Launcher.

You may already be familiar with our existing device screen time feature, which allows parents to set limits at the device level. For instance, I can give my kids one hour of screen time on their Windows 10 PC devices, and another hour on their Xbox One console. Alternatively, parents can also choose to set a combined allowance of two hours, giving kids the option to spend it whichever way they want across both Windows 10 and Xbox One devices.

With the new app and game limits feature, we introduce two new key elements to screen time:

You can now set how much time your children spend within specific apps or games. Rather than a blanket time limit for time spent on device, you can now set limits at the app or game level, enabling you to be more specific with how your kids are spending their time with technology. This can be extremely helpful as parents struggle to balance the needed screen time for homework or education purposes when children use the same devices for gaming and entertainment.

The app and game limits you set will apply across Windows 10, Xbox One and even your child’s Android phone running Microsoft Launcher. We want to provide families the convenience of setting this up once, and letting it carry over across your child’s devices. This means one hour of Netflix per day is one hour of Netflix per day – my daughters can no longer pull a fast one by switching from one device to another.

One thing we learned from our research is that families tend to agree to different screen time allocations for weekdays and weekends. For example, you may want to allow your child to play a game until 9 p.m. on Saturday but want them done before dinner during the week. That led us to design the app and game limits feature with additional granularity to allow for both a variety of set time limits and different windows during which those limits apply, depending on the day.

Ultimately, our goal is for the app and game limits feature to provide flexible and customizable tools to meet each family’s unique needs. You as parents know what’s best for your children — no technology can ever replace that — but we’re hoping these tools can help you to strike the right balance.

To get started with app and game limits, and the many other family features we offer, the first step is to create a family group and ensure each child or teen in the family has their own Microsoft account. This is an important step for you to be able to manage their safety settings. We have recently made significant improvements to the child account creation, and credit cards are no longer required.

Once the family group is created, we encourage parents to have an open conversation with their children about their use of technology, how to empower them to learn and grow, connect with family and friends, play games and have fun; and at the same time, place guardrails to help them stay focused on their goals.

When children begin using an app or game, they are reminded of how much time they have. They will also get a reminder when they’re within 15 minutes of reaching the limit, and another reminder at five minutes, at which point they will have the option to ask for additional time. You, as the parent, can grant or deny that via email or more conveniently, via the Microsoft Launcher notification on your Android phone.

Starting today, you can access this feature in preview across the devices tied to your child’s account, which is connected to your Microsoft family group. The new app and game limits feature completes a large set of family features we’ve been developing over the past few years to empower families to develop healthy digital habits, including weekly activity reports – sent to both parent and child as a great opportunity to foster a dialog – content filters, device screen time, spending limits, child location and Xbox privacy and online safety settings.

Check out Xbox Wire for more information. We hope you will give this new feature a try and let us know what you think so we can continue to build experiences and tools that meet the needs of today’s families. (Go to any of the family web pages and click on Feedback in the bottom right.)
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Source: New app and game limits empower parents with more specific settings | Windows Experience Blog

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Brink · Oct 27, 2019

New App and Game Limits for Family Settings on Windows 10 and Xbox One

The new school year is well under way, and as families continue to balance homework and after school activities with screen time, Xbox is here to help. We’re continuously studying ways to improve children’s safety online and to give you, their parents or guardians, the tools to help ensure their wellbeing throughout their online interactions in the digital world.

Late last year, we detailed the many easy-to-use features built into your Microsoft account to give you peace of mind with family settings for screen time limits, purchase limits, content filters, and privacy settings.

Today, we’d like to share with you some of the additional steps we’ve taken to improve our existing family settings. We’re giving you more control over what your children see and interact with on the devices in your home, which is part of our commitment to make gaming a fun, inclusive, and safe experience for everyone. For us, that means offering tools that provide choice so families can create the right balance of screen time in their lives.

Improved Family Settings

We’ve updated our existing family settings to now include app and game limits to cap how much time your children can use specific apps or games. You can activate this feature across the devices tied to your child’s account, which is connected to your Microsoft family group. Creating a family group is an easy and important first step! The feature is currently available in preview release, and we are eager to hear your feedback so we can continue to refine the experience for your family.

For example, you can choose to set one hour of game time for Ark: Survival Evolved each day and two hours for Netflix. Prior to this, you could set broad screen time limits (three hours on Xbox One), whereas now you can determine what specific apps or games are playable or not playable within that timeframe. These app and game limits are shared across Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android via Microsoft Launcher devices and work on all child and teen accounts. You may be wondering about accessing websites through a browser. While the new app and game limits only apply to apps and games – which does not include the app’s website – you can choose to filter websites through the currently available family settings.

Meeting the Needs of Parents Today

In the past year, we’ve also updated family settings on Xbox to empower parents and guardians to enable or block their child’s access to play or communicate with players on other networks. You can modify this setting in supported games on any child or teen account (defaulted to off for child accounts). These features can be found under your Microsoft account on Windows 10 or Xbox One. Simply select the account you’d like to update, and then enable or block cross-play/cross-network communication.

These cross-play settings are currently available for Fortnite, Rocket League, Dauntless and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and we expect other games will enable them, as well.

We’ve also made it easier to set up a child account on Xbox One. You now only need to add your e-signature to provide consent for your child to have a Microsoft account — credit cards are no longer required for verification.
It’s important to us to continually update our family settings to ensure they fit the unique needs of families today.

Balancing Work and Play

Every Microsoft family account can choose to receive a weekly activity report — sent to both you and your child — which contains an overview of how much time was spent on apps, games, and websites. The activity reports provide transparency in how your children are engaging with Xbox One, Windows 10 devices and Android running with Microsoft Launcher and empower you to set limits and features that you feel are the best fit for your family.

When your child reaches the end of their screen time permitted for a specific app or game, they have the option to request additional time, which you can choose to allow or deny through your Microsoft account.

You know what’s best for your family; no technology can ever replace that. The right tools can help make parenting easier and family settings on Xbox does this by putting parents in control of what your children can access across the platform.
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Source: Introducing App and Game Limits for Family Settings - Xbox Wire

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KaylaTallowin · Oct 27, 2019

Microsoft Family Should have more than child and adult family members...

Has anyone noticed that when adding someone to the Microsoft family there is only adult and child as a selection... Wouldnt it make sense for there to also be a teenage selection for those parents who want their teens to have
control of their own settings but still be able to monitor their activity (without the teens needing the parents account info)...

I would make sense and could even be set to switch over from child to teen when the child hits a certain age...the parent could even pick the age...

Why not add it...it would be useful to quite a few people and it just makes sense to have a teen family member option

Ideas and things to take into consideration for a teenager family member option:

Giving the teen a sense of responsibility by:

Allowing control over some settings

Option to give a money spending limit or making them able to save the money given to them over certain periods of time in order to buy something

ect.

Addition of a rating limit and automatically asking the parents for permission to buy or watch something that is over the rating limit.

ect.

This is just an idea I thought of...

If you have any support or aditional idea's for a teen family member option comment them below cause i wanna see if anyone else has ideas that would work with this...

Michael Gall · Oct 27, 2019

Windows 10 can't connect to Microsoft family

A Microsoft account is required to use the Microsoft family features. With this, you can add members to your Microsoft family and set the right limits for your child. A parent can manage settings for a child if both of their Microsoft accounts
are in the same family. To learn more, we suggest that you check the following links:

Add members to your Microsoft family.

Set the right limits for your child.

Keep your kids safer on the PC.

We would appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback.

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