How to Make Your Android Device Safe for Kids

Tablets and smartphones are priceless resources for parents now a days. Whether  it's providing the new way of educating and informing kinds or simply entertaining them. Learning applications and stream video applications and creative thinking games make your android device an incredibly handy thing for entertainment.

But these powerful gadgets can just as easily point kinds towards objectionable content, allow them to poke through your personal files and correspondence or enable them to rack up important charges on your credit or debit card. You smartphone can be very dangerous proposition for your child if you are not careful.

Make Your Android Device Safe for Kids

Thankfully, There are many ways to keep both your kids and digital life safe when passing through an android device. Whether it's limiting application access, setting play store restrictions. Many third party apps are available in the android market with more customization and restriction options, particularly if you are setting up a dedicated device for a child.

Restricted profiles (on tablets)

Android doesn't have specified parental controls build into the operating system, but it does offer a way to fulfill the very same task at least on the tablets. If you are running android 4.3 or newer version, it's is easy as creating a secondary restricted profile and then deciding which applications can be accessed by that user. You'll have to make sure to have a screen lock set for your main profile, to keep kids from simply swapping away from their restricted profile. Android will prompt you during the process if you don't have a lock set.

From the settings screen, go to users and then select add user or profile. From there, you can create a restricted profile separate from your own. Feel free to give it a proper name and then check out the list of applications shown. some application are automatically by blocked by the restricted profiles like doc, email, calendar, twitter. While others you can toggle them on or off. You may also see a gear icon there which allows you to google searches option.

Accessing this new profile is easy: from the lock screen, simply tap on your own user icon and you will find the added one listed below. Tap on that and device will switch over the restricted profile, keep away your disallowed applications and options. You can also switch at any time by pulling down from the status bar at the top of the screen and tapping your icon.

Phone options

Unluckily, restricted profiles are not available for any version of operating system on android smartphone.  You can still create different user profile for your child on  phones running android 5.0+ and quikly and easily switch over to it at any time from the lock screen or status bar, as on tablets. You can even disable calls and texts so you don't have to worry about them using up your monthly plan or get connected with people.

As you would on tablets, you can add a new user in settings from the users screen, otherwise do so by tapping your icon in the status bar. From the setting menu, you'll see a small gear by the added profile and tapping that lets you toggle calling and SMS support as desired. A full user profile  still provides a lot of access that a restricted one wouldn't. So if your are going to hand off your android phone to a kid.