{"id":4815,"date":"2023-06-26T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T17:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4815"},"modified":"2023-06-26T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T17:27:58","slug":"how-to-set-screen-time-limits-across-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4815","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Screen Time Limits Across Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How to use Microsoft Family Safety? Please watch the below video for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/videoplayer\/embed\/RE4yh3S?pid=ocpVideo1-innerdiv-oneplayer&amp;jsapi=true&amp;postJsllMsg=true&amp;maskLevel=20&amp;reporting=true&amp;market=en-us\">https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/videoplayer\/embed\/RE4yh3S?pid=ocpVideo1-innerdiv-oneplayer&amp;jsapi=true&amp;postJsllMsg=true&amp;maskLevel=20&amp;reporting=true&amp;market=en-us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Screen time limits in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/family-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Family Safety<\/a>&nbsp;are a&nbsp;great way to&nbsp;balance&nbsp;online habits&nbsp;within&nbsp;your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/account-billing\/what-is-a-microsoft-family-group-b6280c9d-38d7-82ff-0e4f-a6cb7e659344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">family group<\/a>. Decide when and for how long family members can use their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/account-billing\/connect-devices-in-family-safety-6f961c4e-3295-4db7-b209-2b4c2ca6779c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">connected Windows, Xbox and mobile devices<\/a>.&nbsp;Limits&nbsp;can be as specific as you&nbsp;need&nbsp;them to be&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;use a different schedule&nbsp;daily&nbsp;or&nbsp;the same one&nbsp;all&nbsp;week.&nbsp;Adjust as you go by allowing more time or deciding&nbsp;when&nbsp;time\u2019s&nbsp;up.&nbsp;You can even set&nbsp;limits on specific devices!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:&nbsp;<\/strong>Remind family members&nbsp;to sign out if they are&nbsp;not actively using their&nbsp;Xbox console&nbsp;\u2013 screen time counts&nbsp;as long as&nbsp;they are signed in.<strong>&nbsp;Screen time limits&nbsp;can&nbsp;only be set&nbsp;on&nbsp;devices&nbsp;connected&nbsp;to your family group.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/family.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">family.microsoft.com<\/a>. Sign&nbsp;into your Family Safety account.<\/li><li>Find your&nbsp;family member, select them, and then select&nbsp;<strong>Screen time<\/strong>.<\/li><li>To&nbsp;set one schedule across all devices, turn on&nbsp;<strong>Use one schedule on&nbsp;all devices<\/strong>.<\/li><li>To&nbsp;set schedule or limits&nbsp;for&nbsp;individual devices,<ol type=\"a\"><li>Scroll down to&nbsp;<strong>Xbox consoles&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Windows 10 devices<\/strong>. Select&nbsp;<strong>Turn limits on<\/strong>&nbsp;under&nbsp;each&nbsp;respective category as desired.<\/li><li>Select a day&nbsp;to&nbsp;set&nbsp;time ranges&nbsp;and&nbsp;total hours permitted&nbsp;for device use.<\/li><li>To turn limits back off, select More, then select&nbsp;<strong>Turn limits off<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family Safety app<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Open the\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0Family Safety app.<\/li><li>Tap the family member you\u00a0are\u00a0setting\u00a0screen time limits for.<\/li><li>Tap the\u00a0<strong>Screen\u00a0time<\/strong>\u00a0card\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Manage<\/strong>.<\/li><li>To set\u00a0limits\u00a0across all\u00a0devices, turn on\u00a0<strong>Use one schedule for all devices<\/strong>.\u00a0This allows your\u00a0family member to set an amount of time to\u00a0use freely between devices.<\/li><li>To set a\u00a0schedule or limits for individual devices:<ol type=\"a\"><li>Tap the device you are setting limits for.<\/li><li>Turn\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong>Time Limits<\/strong>\u00a0toggle.<\/li><li>Tap the day you would like to set a screen time schedule for.<\/li><li>Set the total amount of time\u00a0your family member\u00a0can\u00a0spend on\u00a0their device\u00a0anytime during\u00a0the\u00a0day\u00a0or set one or more time periods under\u00a0<strong>Set\u00a0a schedule of available times<\/strong>\u00a0to establish when they can use\u00a0it.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Ref: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/account-billing\/set-screen-time-limits-across-devices-a593d725-fc4c-044c-284d-32eab0305ffd\">Set screen time limits across devices &#8211; Microsoft Support<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to use Microsoft Family Safety? Please watch the below video for more. https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/videoplayer\/embed\/RE4yh3S?pid=ocpVideo1-innerdiv-oneplayer&amp;jsapi=true&amp;postJsllMsg=true&amp;maskLevel=20&amp;reporting=true&amp;market=en-us Screen time limits in&nbsp;Microsoft Family Safety&nbsp;are a&nbsp;great way to&nbsp;balance&nbsp;online habits&nbsp;within&nbsp;your&nbsp;family group. Decide when and for how long family members can use their&nbsp;connected Windows, Xbox and mobile devices.&nbsp;Limits&nbsp;can be as specific as you&nbsp;need&nbsp;them to be&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;use a different schedule&nbsp;daily&nbsp;or&nbsp;the same one&nbsp;all&nbsp;week.&nbsp;Adjust as you <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4815\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,14],"tags":[1636,1635],"class_list":["post-4815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-windows-7-8-10","tag-microsoft-family-safety","tag-set-screen-time-limits-across-devices"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4816,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4815\/revisions\/4816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}