I just bought an Amazon Fire HD Kids Tablet for my Grandson for Christmas and your video on Parental Controls was really, really helpful!!! Also, I watch a lot of "How To & Tech UA-cam Videos" and in comparison to others, the quality, content, and explanations/demo of this video was one of the better/best I've watched!!!! Thanks.
Actually some helpful info compared to others out there. Thank you for taking the time to help us out to understand these parental controls. Keep up the great work!
Yeah I understand… even though I spend a lot of time tinkering around with this device, I still find that I have to remain attentive to it when they are using it because the Parental Controls are not as “all-encompassing” as I would like them to be. Thanks for watching!
Great helpful video. Exactly what I was looking for. Just bought one of these for my daughters Christmas gift. She's 2.5. App recommendations for that age??
Thanks for watching! I can tell you which apps my 3 year old uses the most… I just looked them up on the Parent Dashboard and I listed 10 of them below. Hope these helps… and I hope she enjoys it! 1. Color and Shapes- Kids Learn Color and Identify Shapes. 2. Monster Truck Extreme 3. Lego Duplo Marvel 4. Pinkfong Baby Shark Coloring Book 5. Thinkrolls 2 - Amazon Kids+ Edition 6. Sesame Street Alphabet Kitchen For Unlimited 7. PJ Masks™: Moonlight Heroes 8. Toddler games for 2-5 year olds 9. Elmo Loves 123s 10. Super Wings - It's Fly Time
I am wanting to add communication options and have followed many steps and added contacts granted access etc but the contact will not show up under ‘call’, is there anyway to fix that?
Having the same issues with communications… add a contact, shows up however when they call it shows up as unknown and child cannot call that person. So frustrating
Fantastic video. I have a question for kids who can’t read is there an option to have books read to the kids like with Alexa instead of them just watching videos?
I don’t have experience with any reading function that works across multiple apps on this tablet but they do have an AudioBooks app that has children’s stories available. It’s a free app in the store but you will have to approve the download, and of course the number of stories are limited. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video! I have a question about Amazon Kids+. So I canceled the subscription for my son after the one year for free was up because I felt like there was so many new games and apps and books all of the time and we had to keep on going in and deleting them. Is there a way to require parent permission for him to download any new games in the Amazon Kids+ content? It’s a pain to go in and manually add things and share them with him so I want to get the subscription again, but want there to be limitations so he doesn’t go crazy and download every game. He sees. Thanks in advance and great video!
Thanks for watching… and that is a good question. The two setting that they have to help limit downloading are listed below… You can toggle both of these setting on/off (separately) 1. Store Access (this seems like the closest option) Allow access to a selection of free and paid content, including apps, books, and games, intended for kids. You'll get notified and need to approve when your child makes a download request. This applies to Tablet and Kindle. 2. In-App Purchasing In-App Purchasing only applies to Fire tablets. Every in-app purchase, except free items, requires your Amazon password.
Thank you! 👏🏼 Really helpful! Is there anyway my eldest is able to send messages directly to me but to no one else? She is with Grandparents whilst I’m at work and has asked to send me little messages! 🥰
Thanks for watching! There does appear to be mutiple apps you can download that allow you to do messaging. Although I don’t have personal experience with it, reviews for the “Messenger Kids - The Messaging App for Kids” sound like it might fulfill some of your needs. You have to approve the friends she can message with, it’s done over WiFi so she won’t need a phone number and the app has emojis and interactive feature that make it engaging for kids. Might be one to try out…
Thanks for watching… I don’t think you can block the app once you approve it (I just went and tried to delete this Frozen app lol) but you can remotely delete it so that your child can no longer access it.
Thanks! I have in-app purchasing and store access turned "Off" but my son is still able to download a bunch of apps. Is there a way to streamline what is pushed onto him to download? I'd like to keep the educational apps front and center so they aren't forgotten about. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! Unfortunately I don’t believe that there is a way to streamline the suggested content. Really the two ways that you can control the content is setting an age filter, and educational use goal… but neither one of those will get you exactly the results it sounds like you are in search of… sorry!
The In-App Purchasing and Store Access --> Store Access prompt doesn't seem to work. I set it off (No) and my son can still access and download apps from the store? Am I missing something?
Brad, no it sounds like you got everything… to limit downloading… the only other failsafe would be to turn off the wifi on the device to disable additional downloading. Store Access should be the way it works, that way it required you to approve the download… but if that isn’t working there aren’t too many other options. Thanks for watching!
On the main page of the Parent dashboard, if you click the “View All Activity” button, it will give you a view of their last 7 Days and a breakdown of how much time they spend in each category (Apps, Web, Books, Music ect) the. If you click into a category it will give you a break down of how much time they spent on each app per day. Like this 👇🏽 July 17th, 2023 Dr. Panda Mailman: 6m Car Games: Neon Rider Drives Sport Cars: 5m Dr. Panda's Airport: 5m Starfall ABCs: 3m … and unfortunately if you child has found ways around the UA-cam parental limits… the last resort would be to disable web access… but that will limit some other functions available to the device. Thanks for checking out the video and I hope this helped!
I have not found a way to screen lock particular apps on this tablet. I could definitely see how that could be helpful. You can only lock it on particular profiles, so if you have separate profiles on the tablet for you/your child (or an older and younger child that share a device) there is a way to enable a parental control lock 👇🏽 To restrict access on another profile: - Swipe down twice from the top of the screen to show Quick Settings. - Tap the Settings icon. - Tap Parental Controls. - Toggle the switch to On. - Enter and confirm your password. Make sure that you record your password. Note: Your parental controls password is different from your lock screen password. Tap Finish. A lock icon appears at the top of the screen when parental controls are enabled.
Is there a way to have like more than one account on a device also, so that an adult can see apps for higher than kid age, but that later a kid could login to ... something else that will only let them see kid apps and not see the adult age stuff? For when a child wants to use the parents device or when more than 1 person uses the same device.) Thanks.
Yes, you can create different profiles on the device and set different age restrictions for that same device. If you are on the main page there is a icon with two different people in the upper right hand corner. If you click that, it will reveal “Switch Profile”, “Time Limits”, “Manage Content” and “Settings” . You should be able to get into this section and create that additional profile.
I believe the parental control will only link up to the account you have the device/devices registered under. Which means I do not believe you can control the the parental controls from separate accounts. This is only based on the research I’ve been able to come across on the net, since me and my wife share an Amazon account I don’t have first hand experience with using separate accounts.
Is there anyway to disable the microphone in my kids profile so no apps can access it. Can find it in the adult profiles but it doesnt seem to work on the kids profiles. Thanks
Hey Detrone, I got a new question for you. Is there a way to purge your buying data after buying some apps? To explain... when you go to buy something it forces you to save your bank card data or you can't buy anything. And that basically means vulnerability, exposure. I'd like to know how to purge the bank data on the tablet after getting only the apps I need, but not lose other apps and not have to delete everything on the tablet. And it'd be helpful to know how to do this in addition to being able to turn on or off app store buying. I'm also uncomfortable with the idea that the appstores didn't have a one time only bank card info setting to just buy once and then lose your bank information. It shouldn't NEED to want to store all your bank information. Wondered what you or others think on this.
Noah, I definitely understand that concern, and because it’s Amazon my assumption is they are trying to make it more convenient (but of course also trying to encourage more spending) which is why they want to save that info. Unfortunately the group might have to help with this one, because I’ve never actually purchased any of the apps for my kiddos. All the apps that we use are free (but unfortunately come with ad’s now that we have to navigate)… I wish you luck with some kind of workaround for the credit card situation
Unfortunately I haven’t needed to download video from UA-cam yet, so I haven’t explorer how to do this yet. Sorry… but if i figure it out, I’ll drop it here.
One workaround that you can do is: Log into the Adult profile that you have set up -> open the internet browser -> go to UA-cam -> sign in then download them there. They won’t have access to it on the kid profile but they will have access on the adult profile. The can watch the downloaded videos on the adult profile and since it’s offline, they won’t be able to access the stuff typically restricted by the kid profile.
The best way to know would be to download the apps, then turn your wifi off at home and test them. That should give you a good idea of which apps have “offline” capabilities. That could take a while if you want to check ever app (depending on how many they have downloaded) but it’s probably the best way to test.
@@DetroneDoesIt oh! that's cool! Hey thank you so much. You replied to me more than once. you are a good guy. And I'm glad there are other ppl out there that care about child safety and good parenting like yourself. Salutes.
How do you clear recents? I cant find the answer anywhere. My daughter for some reason loves to watch scary videos on the youtube app. I remove from device but it stays front and center in the recents so all she does is re download the app. I am over this tablet already
Is she accessing the UA-cam videos through the default “Videos” icon on the home page, “Web Videos” or through a UA-cam app that you download on to the device? If you are using web videos, then you can’t exactly clear the view history but if you go to “setting> manage content> web content, you’ll have to punch in your passcode, then there will be three options “websites” “web videos” and “settings”. If you click “web videos” there will be a “+” symbol in the upper right hand corner. When you do that you can log into a UA-cam Kids account and identify videos that you want to load into your video library. By doing that it will influence what is generated when as search options when she goes back to web video. If you are doing it through a separate app, the. I don’t have the anwser for you unfortunately. I hope this help a bit.
@@Cnikkimills Thanks. I bought a couple of Sennheiser 350BT and was able to connect them to my kids tablets. At first it kept dropping BT (disabling) after switching to kids profile. Rebooted and it was stable after that. Only problem is that some apps won't work on the headphone such as Messenger Kids, I don't know why. When this happens not even enabling/disabling BT will reconnect the headset. Normally it requires another reboot to reconnect it. Kinda annoying but my kids are happy with this set up now.
It’s unfortunate that it hasn’t worked well for you… I’ve had mostly positive experiences with each of the download approvals showing up in my email shortly after selecting them. Thanks for watching!
How do I get it to stop emailing me for every single free ap the kid wants to play? Help. I get aroud 30 request to approve free games through the ap you are speaking about. I am tired of my email being spammed. I could not find a list with any slide on or off buttons.
Go to the Parent Dashboard online-> Hit the “Gear Icon ⚙️” on the main page then -> Under “Additional Content” Select “Store” then -> “Manage Notifications Settings” -> There you can select to be notified via Email, Phone, Both or “I Don’t Want To Be Notified” 👈🏽 Which sounds like the one you want. I hope that helps…
Attempted to set this up, I was able to set up calling for everyone but one person. When I added the contact it showed up on the child call app, however when contact called it showed up as unknown. Can’t figure out why. It’s not unknown when the same person calls others through Alexa. Trying to fix this caused my Amazon two step verification (OTP) to time out for 24 hours….
I’m sorry to hear that… I have seen a few comments that have referred to issues with setting up calling on these devices. Unfortunately I won’t be much help in this area, I have not set up a calling functionality yet for my kiddos… I hope you are able to get it to work properly.
I know a lot of people that have gotten into serious trouble with their kids accidentally buying mountains of apps without the parents realizing it. Then they went to go pay their mortage... and insufficient funds occurred. Then they found out what happened.
Yeah that can be tough, but if you use the tools in conjunction with a regular routine of checking out the Amazon Parent Dashboard, you should hopefully recognize it before it gets that high… I hope 🤞🏽😳.
Under the setting menu, there is a section for “Web Browser” and in there you’ll find the best tools on the device for limiting the content they see… It’s doesn’t catch everyone but it’s pretty useful. I listed the option they give you below… -Enable Web Access -Allow Cookies Some websites may not render content correctly if cookies are disabled. -Hand-selected Websites & Videos A selection of age-appropriate websites and web videos specifically chosen for their kid-friendly, educational and entertainment content. -Enable Pre-Approved Web Content Enable access to hand-curated age-appropriate Websites and Web Videos. -Filtered Websites & Videos An open, but filtered, browsing experience that lets kids explore the web with built-in controls that help filter out inappropriate content, and tools for parents to block specific websites.
They will send you an email to the email address you have registered with your Amazon account. You click the link there and you can approve it or you can go to Parents.Amazon.Com to access the parent dashboard.
I'm trying to activate the homer app and I have the in app purchasing selected on and it still won't let me make a purchase. My password does not come up in order to purchase it and I've removed and installed this app several times. Any help???
Unfortunately I do not have a 100% answer for you.. I did just search and download The Homer Reading app and it says that it does require “Permissions” access so first you want to make sure that is turned on. You’ll know because it will say “permissions’ with a check mark on the bottom left of the download screen (which may be impacted by whether you have “store access” turned on (its in the same section as In App Purchase Request”)… and lastly Have you checked the email that you have attached to the account to see if Amazon sent you an Approval Request for it? I wish I had a better anwser for you!
Do you already have your age settings on the device set to an appropriate age? Below are the major settings that should help you with this… but if you’ve already messed with these setting then the only option to ensure your child does get that adult content is to disable the web browser. - Enable Web Access (On or Off) - Allow Cookies (On or Off) - Hand-selected Websites & Videos A selection of age-appropriate websites and web videos specifically chosen for their kid-friendly, educational and entertainment content. - Enable Pre-Approved Web Content Enable access to hand-curated age-appropriate Websites and Web Videos. - Filtered Websites & Videos An open, but filtered, browsing experience that lets kids explore the web with built-in controls that help filter out inappropriate content, and tools for parents to block specific websites.
I just bought an Amazon Fire HD Kids Tablet for my Grandson for Christmas and your video on Parental Controls was really, really helpful!!! Also, I watch a lot of "How To & Tech UA-cam Videos" and in comparison to others, the quality, content, and explanations/demo of this video was one of the better/best I've watched!!!! Thanks.
Oh wow! Thank you very much… I am glad you found it helpful.
Actually some helpful info compared to others out there. Thank you for taking the time to help us out to understand these parental controls. Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much for checking it out! I’m glad I could be of assistance.
@@DetroneDoesIt😊😊😊p
Thanks for the great video. I was searching for direct link to parental controls.
Glad I could be helpful… Thanks for watching
Very useful, thanks. I'm pretty okay with tech but getting the Fire restrictions to actually work consistently has proved infuriatingly difficult.
Yeah I understand… even though I spend a lot of time tinkering around with this device, I still find that I have to remain attentive to it when they are using it because the Parental Controls are not as “all-encompassing” as I would like them to be.
Thanks for watching!
Yeah Same it doesn’t always work for me
This is just what I was looking for. Thank you!
Great… glad you found it helpful!
Great helpful video. Exactly what I was looking for. Just bought one of these for my daughters Christmas gift. She's 2.5. App recommendations for that age??
Thanks for watching! I can tell you which apps my 3 year old uses the most… I just looked them up on the Parent Dashboard and I listed 10 of them below. Hope these helps… and I hope she enjoys it!
1. Color and Shapes- Kids Learn Color and Identify Shapes.
2. Monster Truck Extreme
3. Lego Duplo Marvel
4. Pinkfong Baby Shark Coloring Book
5. Thinkrolls 2 - Amazon Kids+ Edition
6. Sesame Street Alphabet Kitchen For Unlimited
7. PJ Masks™: Moonlight Heroes
8. Toddler games for 2-5 year olds
9. Elmo Loves 123s
10. Super Wings - It's Fly Time
@@DetroneDoesIt appreciate the reply.
@@mattmoss8605 No problem!
I am wanting to add communication options and have followed many steps and added contacts granted access etc but the contact will not show up under ‘call’, is there anyway to fix that?
Sorry, I don’t have that answer, since we haven’t moved into the communication phase yet with my kiddos.
I’m having the same issue 😕
Having the same issues with communications… add a contact, shows up however when they call it shows up as unknown and child cannot call that person. So frustrating
Set it up*
Thanks for watching
😉 No problem
Fantastic video. I have a question for kids who can’t read is there an option to have books read to the kids like with Alexa instead of them just watching videos?
I don’t have experience with any reading function that works across multiple apps on this tablet but they do have an AudioBooks app that has children’s stories available. It’s a free app in the store but you will have to approve the download, and of course the number of stories are limited. Thanks for watching!
On the parental dashbaord can you aww the rating and description when you click on a title?
Thanks!
Yes once you click on an app, you can see the rating + description and customer reviews in the dashboard.
Thanks for the video! I have a question about Amazon Kids+. So I canceled the subscription for my son after the one year for free was up because I felt like there was so many new games and apps and books all of the time and we had to keep on going in and deleting them. Is there a way to require parent permission for him to download any new games in the Amazon Kids+ content? It’s a pain to go in and manually add things and share them with him so I want to get the subscription again, but want there to be limitations so he doesn’t go crazy and download every game. He sees. Thanks in advance and great video!
Thanks for watching… and that is a good question. The two setting that they have to help limit downloading are listed below… You can toggle both of these setting on/off (separately)
1. Store Access (this seems like the closest option)
Allow access to a selection of free and paid content, including apps, books, and games, intended for kids. You'll get notified and need to approve when your child makes a download request. This applies to Tablet and Kindle.
2. In-App Purchasing
In-App Purchasing only applies to Fire tablets. Every in-app purchase, except free items, requires your Amazon password.
Thank you! 👏🏼 Really helpful! Is there anyway my eldest is able to send messages directly to me but to no one else? She is with Grandparents whilst I’m at work and has asked to send me little messages! 🥰
Thanks for watching! There does appear to be mutiple apps you can download that allow you to do messaging. Although I don’t have personal experience with it, reviews for the “Messenger Kids - The Messaging App for Kids” sound like it might fulfill some of your needs. You have to approve the friends she can message with, it’s done over WiFi so she won’t need a phone number and the app has emojis and interactive feature that make it engaging for kids.
Might be one to try out…
This was great, but can I block certain apps after I've already approved them for download?
Thanks for watching… I don’t think you can block the app once you approve it (I just went and tried to delete this Frozen app lol) but you can remotely delete it so that your child can no longer access it.
Thanks! I have in-app purchasing and store access turned "Off" but my son is still able to download a bunch of apps. Is there a way to streamline what is pushed onto him to download? I'd like to keep the educational apps front and center so they aren't forgotten about. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! Unfortunately I don’t believe that there is a way to streamline the suggested content. Really the two ways that you can control the content is setting an age filter, and educational use goal… but neither one of those will get you exactly the results it sounds like you are in search of… sorry!
Can I delete or block UA-cam?
You must not have the newest tablet
With the new update I can not find the volume set control 😢
The In-App Purchasing and Store Access --> Store Access prompt doesn't seem to work. I set it off (No) and my son can still access and download apps from the store? Am I missing something?
Brad, no it sounds like you got everything… to limit downloading… the only other failsafe would be to turn off the wifi on the device to disable additional downloading. Store Access should be the way it works, that way it required you to approve the download… but if that isn’t working there aren’t too many other options.
Thanks for watching!
I wish you could see a daily count of time and what they are doing. And my 10yo figured out how to go online to youtube even though I blocked it.
On the main page of the Parent dashboard, if you click the “View All Activity” button, it will give you a view of their last 7 Days and a breakdown of how much time they spend in each category (Apps, Web, Books, Music ect) the. If you click into a category it will give you a break down of how much time they spent on each app per day. Like this 👇🏽
July 17th, 2023
Dr. Panda Mailman: 6m
Car Games: Neon Rider Drives Sport Cars: 5m
Dr. Panda's Airport: 5m
Starfall ABCs: 3m
… and unfortunately if you child has found ways around the UA-cam parental limits… the last resort would be to disable web access… but that will limit some other functions available to the device.
Thanks for checking out the video and I hope this helped!
Find it mad. You buy a kids tablet and you still got to make it child friendly 😂🤣
I agree 🤣
Is there a way to lock the screen on a certain app? To where it disables touch completely, like for example an ipad could ?
I have not found a way to screen lock particular apps on this tablet. I could definitely see how that could be helpful. You can only lock it on particular profiles, so if you have separate profiles on the tablet for you/your child (or an older and younger child that share a device) there is a way to enable a parental control lock 👇🏽
To restrict access on another profile:
- Swipe down twice from the top of the screen to show Quick Settings.
- Tap the Settings icon.
- Tap Parental Controls.
- Toggle the switch to On.
- Enter and confirm your password. Make sure that you record your password.
Note: Your parental controls password is different from your lock screen password.
Tap Finish.
A lock icon appears at the top of the screen when parental controls are enabled.
Is there a way to have like more than one account on a device also, so that an adult can see apps for higher than kid age, but that later a kid could login to ... something else that will only let them see kid apps and not see the adult age stuff? For when a child wants to use the parents device or when more than 1 person uses the same device.)
Thanks.
Yes, you can create different profiles on the device and set different age restrictions for that same device.
If you are on the main page there is a icon with two different people in the upper right hand corner.
If you click that, it will reveal “Switch Profile”, “Time Limits”, “Manage Content” and “Settings” . You should be able to get into this section and create that additional profile.
Wife has a separate account. Are we allowed to tweek these settings using separate accounts or is it just on one of our accounts only?
I believe the parental control will only link up to the account you have the device/devices registered under. Which means I do not believe you can control the the parental controls from separate accounts.
This is only based on the research I’ve been able to come across on the net, since me and my wife share an Amazon account I don’t have first hand experience with using separate accounts.
My mom Put app approving apps that’s how she set it up ig
Sorry, I’m not sure what you are asking here.
@@DetroneDoesIt me meant to say set it up
Is there anyway to disable the microphone in my kids profile so no apps can access it. Can find it in the adult profiles but it doesnt seem to work on the kids profiles. Thanks
Still have not found this yet… Have you had any luck?
Hey Detrone, I got a new question for you.
Is there a way to purge your buying data after buying some apps? To explain... when you go to buy something it forces you to save your bank card data or you can't buy anything. And that basically means vulnerability, exposure. I'd like to know how to purge the bank data on the tablet after getting only the apps I need, but not lose other apps and not have to delete everything on the tablet. And it'd be helpful to know how to do this in addition to being able to turn on or off app store buying.
I'm also uncomfortable with the idea that the appstores didn't have a one time only bank card info setting to just buy once and then lose your bank information. It shouldn't NEED to want to store all your bank information.
Wondered what you or others think on this.
Noah, I definitely understand that concern, and because it’s Amazon my assumption is they are trying to make it more convenient (but of course also trying to encourage more spending) which is why they want to save that info. Unfortunately the group might have to help with this one, because I’ve never actually purchased any of the apps for my kiddos. All the apps that we use are free (but unfortunately come with ad’s now that we have to navigate)… I wish you luck with some kind of workaround for the credit card situation
@@DetroneDoesIt Thank you very much.
Can you use a store bought gift card Credit card?
How do I allow access to download videos from UA-cam? When we fly I need to have videos downloaded to watch offline
Unfortunately I haven’t needed to download video from UA-cam yet, so I haven’t explorer how to do this yet. Sorry… but if i figure it out, I’ll drop it here.
One workaround that you can do is: Log into the Adult profile that you have set up -> open the internet browser -> go to UA-cam -> sign in then download them there.
They won’t have access to it on the kid profile but they will have access on the adult profile. The can watch the downloaded videos on the adult profile and since it’s offline, they won’t be able to access the stuff typically restricted by the kid profile.
How do you know which apps won't work if you are out say camping where there's no internet?
The best way to know would be to download the apps, then turn your wifi off at home and test them. That should give you a good idea of which apps have “offline” capabilities. That could take a while if you want to check ever app (depending on how many they have downloaded) but it’s probably the best way to test.
@@DetroneDoesIt oh! that's cool! Hey thank you so much. You replied to me more than once. you are a good guy.
And I'm glad there are other ppl out there that care about child safety and good parenting like yourself. Salutes.
How do you clear recents? I cant find the answer anywhere. My daughter for some reason loves to watch scary videos on the youtube app. I remove from device but it stays front and center in the recents so all she does is re download the app. I am over this tablet already
Is she accessing the UA-cam videos through the default “Videos” icon on the home page, “Web Videos” or through a UA-cam app that you download on to the device?
If you are using web videos, then you can’t exactly clear the view history but if you go to “setting> manage content> web content, you’ll have to punch in your passcode, then there will be three options “websites” “web videos” and “settings”.
If you click “web videos” there will be a “+” symbol in the upper right hand corner. When you do that you can log into a UA-cam Kids account and identify videos that you want to load into your video library. By doing that it will influence what is generated when as search options when she goes back to web video.
If you are doing it through a separate app, the. I don’t have the anwser for you unfortunately. I hope this help a bit.
Were you able to connect a bluetooth headset with this tablet and confirm them working on kid's profile?
I was, yes :)
I went to SETTINGS (on the main page, not under kids' profile) > CONNECTED DEVICES > PAIR NEW DEVICE
Sorry Clintdeguzman I didn’t realize I had not responded to this… and thank you Cnikkimills for sharing!
@@Cnikkimills Thanks. I bought a couple of Sennheiser 350BT and was able to connect them to my kids tablets. At first it kept dropping BT (disabling) after switching to kids profile. Rebooted and it was stable after that. Only problem is that some apps won't work on the headphone such as Messenger Kids, I don't know why. When this happens not even enabling/disabling BT will reconnect the headset. Normally it requires another reboot to reconnect it. Kinda annoying but my kids are happy with this set up now.
I understand, wanting to approve every app that you can downloads but when the apps don’t pop up so I can approve them then it’s a bad system
It’s unfortunate that it hasn’t worked well for you… I’ve had mostly positive experiences with each of the download approvals showing up in my email shortly after selecting them.
Thanks for watching!
@@DetroneDoesIt I got it working now brother thanks for the video
How do I get it to stop emailing me for every single free ap the kid wants to play? Help. I get aroud 30 request to approve free games through the ap you are speaking about. I am tired of my email being spammed. I could not find a list with any slide on or off buttons.
Go to the Parent Dashboard online-> Hit the “Gear Icon ⚙️” on the main page then -> Under “Additional Content” Select “Store” then -> “Manage Notifications Settings” -> There you can select to be notified via Email, Phone, Both or “I Don’t Want To Be Notified” 👈🏽 Which sounds like the one you want.
I hope that helps…
@@DetroneDoesIt ohh got it. I feel so stupid or just old. LOL
@@torpedolynn I have plenty of those “I must be getting old” moments 😂… Glad I could help and thanks for watching.
Attempted to set this up, I was able to set up calling for everyone but one person. When I added the contact it showed up on the child call app, however when contact called it showed up as unknown. Can’t figure out why. It’s not unknown when the same person calls others through Alexa. Trying to fix this caused my Amazon two step verification (OTP) to time out for 24 hours….
I’m sorry to hear that… I have seen a few comments that have referred to issues with setting up calling on these devices. Unfortunately I won’t be much help in this area, I have not set up a calling functionality yet for my kiddos… I hope you are able to get it to work properly.
I know a lot of people that have gotten into serious trouble with their kids accidentally buying mountains of apps without the parents realizing it. Then they went to go pay their mortage... and insufficient funds occurred. Then they found out what happened.
Yeah that can be tough, but if you use the tools in conjunction with a regular routine of checking out the Amazon Parent Dashboard, you should hopefully recognize it before it gets that high… I hope 🤞🏽😳.
I’m having issues utilizing the UA-cam app on mine. How did you parent control your UA-cam experience with this tablet?
Under the setting menu, there is a section for “Web Browser” and in there you’ll find the best tools on the device for limiting the content they see… It’s doesn’t catch everyone but it’s pretty useful. I listed the option they give you below…
-Enable Web Access
-Allow Cookies
Some websites may not render content correctly if cookies are disabled.
-Hand-selected Websites & Videos
A selection of age-appropriate websites and web videos specifically chosen for their kid-friendly, educational and entertainment content.
-Enable Pre-Approved Web Content
Enable access to hand-curated age-appropriate Websites and Web Videos.
-Filtered Websites & Videos
An open, but filtered, browsing experience that lets kids explore the web with built-in controls that help filter out inappropriate content, and tools for parents to block specific websites.
How do I put a passcode so my child doesn't switch to the adult profile
You have to go into the adult profile, swipe down the top screen and go into setting to apply passcodes to the adult profile.
How do I approve they apps they request
They will send you an email to the email address you have registered with your Amazon account. You click the link there and you can approve it or you can go to Parents.Amazon.Com to access the parent dashboard.
@@DetroneDoesIt Thanks for responding I figured it out
I'm trying to activate the homer app and I have the in app purchasing selected on and it still won't let me make a purchase. My password does not come up in order to purchase it and I've removed and installed this app several times. Any help???
Unfortunately I do not have a 100% answer for you.. I did just search and download The Homer Reading app and it says that it does require “Permissions” access so first you want to make sure that is turned on. You’ll know because it will say “permissions’ with a check mark on the bottom left of the download screen (which may be impacted by whether you have “store access” turned on (its in the same section as In App Purchase Request”)… and lastly Have you checked the email that you have attached to the account to see if Amazon sent you an Approval Request for it?
I wish I had a better anwser for you!
HOW DO I BLOCK RYANS WORLD?
Trying to block it on the web browser or somewhere else on the device?
I caught my kid watching adult content on You-Tube! Please how do I restrict access to these awful channels! Help.
Do you already have your age settings on the device set to an appropriate age? Below are the major settings that should help you with this… but if you’ve already messed with these setting then the only option to ensure your child does get that adult content is to disable the web browser.
- Enable Web Access (On or Off)
- Allow Cookies (On or Off)
- Hand-selected Websites & Videos
A selection of age-appropriate websites and web videos specifically chosen for their kid-friendly, educational and entertainment content.
- Enable Pre-Approved Web Content
Enable access to hand-curated age-appropriate Websites and Web Videos.
- Filtered Websites & Videos
An open, but filtered, browsing experience that lets kids explore the web with built-in controls that help filter out inappropriate content, and tools for parents to block specific websites.
Bad
Bad? The tablet or my video? 🤔