If you just want to monitor your little one, the app can be configured to send a weekly ‘activity report’ email that breaks down their screen time by device and app. The idea, of course, is to help you know when there is a problem and start a conversation with your loved ones. Finally, the app offers location tracking so you can instantly see where all your family members are in the real world. In the future, Microsoft 365 family subscribers will also receive alerts when a family member enters or leaves a specific location. The premium plan will also offer some form of “driving safety” habit tracking, beginning in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Neither of these tools is particularly innovative, and they’re obviously useless if your family spends most of their free time on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. However, if all members invest in the Microsoft ecosystem, this could be a decent dashboard, or a first port of call, at least, to ensure they are living a healthy life both online and in the real world.
