Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are the three console platform manufacturers.
The three companies are working together to collaborate on safe online gaming standards.
These standards are guided by prevention, partnership and responsibility.
While online gaming is an everyday part of players lives, it s still not as safe as it could be. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, the three gaming console giants, announced today via Xbox Wire that the teams are working together on shared safety standards across gaming. These standards are focused on three principles: prevention, partnership and responsibility.
Prevention is aimed at not only providing safety features but making them easy to use and publicly known, while also investing in new technology that makes playing safely easier. Partnership focuses on having huge swathes of the industry work together, sharing research and encouraging the use of reporting tools. Finally, Responsibility is meant to ensure reporting is easy while making online
Xbox Family Settings app’s new features gives more control to parents
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December 14, 2020 19:08 IST
The app can also be used to filter content, manage play and communication settings, view and manage friends list, and access activity reports.
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The app can also be used to filter content, manage play and communication settings, view and manage friends list, and access activity reports.
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After releasing the app in September, the company is working to improve controls for parents. For example, the app currently lets parents set an amount of Xbox playtime for kids. A new ‘Pause Screen Time’ feature, however, will let parents temporarily block an account from playing on the console.
Pause Screen Time can be set to automatically come off at the end of the day, or parents can remove the block whenever they choose. If a child tries to play on the console while Pause Screen Time is enabled, the console will display a notification that their screen time is up.
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December 11, 2020
While gaming consoles are good “babysitters” and a source of enjoyment for kids, you also need to be able to manage the screen time of your children. Especially now when a lot of kids are home and also during the holidays, it’s important for parents to set some ground rules when it comes to games and other forms of digital entertainment. The Xbox Family Settings app is available for families through their Android smartphone and now there are two new features that parents can use to make life a bit easier.
While you could set how much screen time the kid can have during the day, there are times when you want or need to press pause even if they still have some time left. Now you can literally do that with the Pause Screen Time feature. Basically, you can temporarily pause their usage of the Xbox if you need them to finish their homework or do chores. Their screen time resumes when you decide they can play again.
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