{"id":25544,"date":"2023-04-19T19:54:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/safe-kids-2023-updated-features\/25544\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T19:54:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:24:51","slug":"safe-kids-2023-updated-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/safe-kids-2023-updated-features\/25544\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping kids safe: a new variation on an old theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around 50% of children spend a whopping three to five hours a day<\/a> using their gadgets. And no matter which strategy parents adopt\u00a0\u2014 limit, recommend or simply observe\u00a0\u2014 they cannot ignore the way their offspring use gadgets, or the impact those gadgets have on their children\u2019s health, mental or physical development, or wellbeing. We have long offered Kaspersky Safe Kids<\/a> to help parents with this. The application gives parents just what they need: knowing where their children are, and keeping track of screen time and the content their children are interested in; it also provides flexible tools for channeling children\u2019s energy in the right direction.<\/p>\n

Parenting is becoming harder with every new year: the number of gadgets kids use is increasing, while younger brothers and sisters seem to catch up with astonishing speed \u2014 leading to their getting devices of their own. And Kaspersky Safe Kids<\/a> needs to keep up with the times \u2014 to keep on developing and improving; which it does! An updated version of Kaspersky Safe Kids<\/a> for both Android and iOS is now available to all users, and it makes parents\u2019 busy lives noticeably easier.<\/p>\n\n

Keeping your kids where you can \u201csee\u201d them<\/h2>\n

\nThe Kaspersky Safe Kids<\/a> main screen on the parent\u2019s phone provides instant visibility of kids\u2019 current status.<\/p>\n

Parents\u2019 most frequent concerns are their kids\u2019 safety and location, so the main screen puts a map front and center. This displays all kids\u2019 devices and their battery levels so you can tell at a glance where your offspring are, or if it\u2019s about time you called them to tell them to go find a charger.<\/p>\n

Settings for your kids and their devices are arranged as a strip with two rows: you select the child\u2019s name above and the device, below.<\/p>\n

\"Updated<\/a>

Updated Kaspersky Safe Kids main screen.<\/p><\/div>\n

The main screen is composed of widgets, which you can move around to suit your digital parenting priorities<\/a>. If you\u2019re mainly concerned about what a child is doing most of all on their phone, you can raise the screen time counter to the top and track the apps most time is spent on.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a>

How does your child use their screen time?<\/p><\/div>\n

If your priority is keeping age-restricted content away, a tap of a button right on the main screen will display the My Kaspersky<\/a> website with detailed reports on websites visited and videos watched.<\/p>\n

These are some of the customizable widgets:\n<\/p>\n