如果您担心孩子的在线安全(security online),并且确实关心他或她可以访问的信息,那么您可能考虑在孩子使用的设备上安装家长控制应用程序。卡巴斯基(Kaspersky)是为计算机和移动设备创建此类应用程序的安全公司之一。如果您想在孩子使用Android设备时保护他或她,请阅读适用于 Android 的Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序的评论:
Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android能为您做什么?
Kaspersky Safe Kids既可以作为免费产品使用,也可以作为付费应用(paid app)使用。尽管您可以从Google Play商店(Google Play)免费获得它(get it for free),但如果您希望能够使用该应用程序中提供的所有家长控制功能,您必须从卡巴斯基购买(Kaspersky)高级(Premium)订阅。
如果您购买Kaspersky Safe Kids Premium的许可证,您将可以访问以下功能:
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互联网管理(Internet management)- 让您监控和控制孩子在互联网上的活动;
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应用程序管理(Apps management)- 让您控制您的孩子可以使用哪些Android应用程序;(Android)
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设备管理(Device management)- 让您控制您的孩子可以使用他或她的 Android 设备的时间;
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社交网络管理(Social network management)- 监控您孩子在几个流行的社交网络上的活动;
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实时警报(Real-time alerts)- 如果检测到可疑活动,则向您的智能手机发送警报;
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孩子位置(Child location)- 跟踪您孩子的下落,让您知道他或她去过哪里;
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移动通信(Mobile communications)- 监控您的孩子在他或她的 Android 智能手机上收到的电话和短信。(SMS text)
在您孩子的Android 设备(Android device)上设置Kaspersky Safe Kids
为了能够测试和审查适用于Android的(Android)Kaspersky Safe Kids,我们使用了我们的测试Android 智能手机(Android smartphone),即带有Android 7 Nougat的(Nougat)Motorola Nexus 6。在Android 设备(Android device)上下载并安装Kaspersky Safe Kids后,您必须通过简短的欢迎演示(welcome presentation),同意使用条款,然后创建我的卡巴斯基(My Kaspersky)帐户或使用现有帐户(如果您之前已创建帐户) .
将“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户连接到Android 版(Android)Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序后,您必须选择谁将使用您的设备。我们假设,现在,您将配置此设备供您的孩子使用,因此点击Child。我们稍后会看到当您在父设备上安装Kaspersky Safe Kids时会发生什么。(Kaspersky Safe Kids)
如果您之前在其他设备上使用过Kaspersky Safe Kids,例如在其他Android 智能手机或平板电脑(Android smartphone or tablet)上,或者在Windows PC上,并且您已经创建了儿童配置文件(child profile),那么您将能够点击以从列表中选择他或她. 如果您之前没有使用过Kaspersky Safe Kids,您可以从应用程序中创建孩子个人资料(child profile),方法是输入姓名并为孩子选择出生年份。(birth year)
最后,您必须为Kaspersky Safe Kids授予一些高级权限和对系统功能的访问权限,以保护应用程序免遭未经授权的删除,让应用程序控制(app control)孩子可以在互联网上访问的内容,并能够接收有关您孩子活动的详细报告。
一旦您授予Kaspersky Safe Kids所需的所有权限,该应用程序将开始在设备上保护您的孩子,您将能够在“(Kaspersky Safe Kids)我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户中设置使用规则并查看有关他或她的活动的报告。
在您孩子的 Android 智能手机或平板电脑上安装 Kaspersky Safe Kids 应用程序是一件非常容易的事情。我们很难相信您可以删除该过程的任何步骤以使其更加简单。这很容易。(Installing the Kaspersky Safe Kids app on your child's Android smartphone or tablet is a very easy thing to do. We find it hard to believe that you could remove any step of the process to make it even simpler. That's as easy as it can get.)
在您的(父母)Android 设备(Android device)上设置Kaspersky Safe Kids
虽然您可以从任何网络浏览器访问您的(web browser)“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户,但在任何您想要的 PC 或移动设备上,如果您更喜欢使用自己的个人Android 智能手机(Android smartphone)来控制您孩子的保护设置,您可以继续安装卡巴斯基您设备上的(Kaspersky Safe Kids)安全儿童应用程序,并在询问您谁将使用此设备时选择家长。(Parent)
然后,建议您创建一个四位数的PIN 码(PIN code)以用于Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序。如果其他人不时使用您的 Android 设备,此应用PIN 码(PIN code)将阻止他们访问家长控制设置和有关您孩子的信息。
之后,您可以继续使用Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序来保护您的孩子。
在您的“父母”Android 智能手机或平板电脑上安装 Kaspersky Safe Kids 甚至比在您孩子的设备上安装应用程序更简单,这非常棒。(Installing Kaspersky Safe Kids on your "parental" Android smartphone or tablet is even simpler than it is to setup the app on your children's devices, and that's pretty awesome.)
有关Android上的(Android)Kaspersky Safe Kids的一些重要信息
Kaspersky Safe Kids在Android设备上提供的所有家长控制和保护功能都可以从您的“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户进行配置。您可以在您喜欢的任何网络浏览器以及您想要使用的任何受支持的设备上执行此操作,例如在Windows 计算机(Windows computer)或另一台Android 设备(Android device)上。
但是,由于我们在本次评测中的主要关注点是Android设备上的Kaspersky Safe Kids,因此我们将主要介绍如何获取有关您孩子活动的通知,并为父母在Android 应用程序中(Android app)配置(activity and configure)保护他们的规则。
如果您想了解有关“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户在Web 浏览器(web browser)中的工作方式的更多详细信息,我们建议您阅读我们之前关于Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows的评论。其中,有更多关于您将在“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户中获得的网络体验的详细信息。(web experience)
当您将Kaspersky Safe Kids Android 应用程序(Android app)配置为在家长模式下(parent mode)工作时,该应用程序将向您显示您想了解的关于孩子在他或她的设备上的活动的所有信息,无论是Android 还是 Windows 设备(Android or Windows devices)。在这种模式下,应用程序分为四个主要选项卡:警报、我的孩子在哪里?、设置(Alerts, Where is my child?, Settings)和附加(Additional)。让我们看看他们每个人都提供了什么:
获取有关您孩子活动的警报
Kaspersky Safe Kids Android 应用程序(Android app)的第一个选项卡是关于您从孩子的受保护设备获得的警报和通知的全部内容。例如,您可以在此处查看您的孩子是否尝试访问受限网站或打开被阻止的应用程序、他或她是否离开了您设置的安全地理区域、或者他或她是否请求您允许使用某个应用程序。
如果您是家长,适用于 Android 设备的 Kaspersky Safe Kids 应用程序是一个很好的工具,因为警报页面可以让您轻松随时了解孩子在他或她的设备上所做的事情。(The Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android devices is a great tool if you are a parent, as the Alerts page will make it very easy for you to always be up to date with what your child does on his or her devices.)
找出您的孩子所在的位置
适用于Android设备的(Android)Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序的第二个选项卡显示了一张地图,您可以在该地图上找到您的孩子。当然,这并不是说您正在按照这个词的真正含义跟踪您孩子的位置。您正在跟踪安装Kaspersky Safe Kids的儿童设备的下落。值得一提的是,这是一个必须手动启用的设置,它不适用于Windows设备,仅适用于Android智能手机或平板电脑。显然,如果这些设备有GPS 芯片(GPS chip),效果最好。
虽然这可能会侵犯您孩子的隐私,但能够追踪孩子的下落对父母来说是一种安慰。(Although it might be intrusive on your child's privacy, being able to track the whereabouts of your child is comforting for a parent.)
设置家长控制(网站限制、应用限制、设备使用限制、位置跟踪(location tracking)等)
Kaspersky Safe Kids家长应用程序的第三个选项卡称为设置(Settings)。此部分允许您配置Kaspersky(Kaspersky)的Safe Kids服务中可用的大多数家长控制,但不是全部。一些事情只能从我的卡巴斯基(My Kaspersky)门户,使用您的帐户和网络浏览器(web browser)进行配置。
以下是您可以在Android 版Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序的(Kaspersky Safe Kids)设置(Settings)区域中配置的内容:
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互联网(Internet)- 为您提供控制您想要阻止或允许您的孩子访问的网站类型的设置。您可以根据网站类别设置限制,例如阻止包含成人内容、暴力、酒精或亵渎(alcohol or profanity)的网站。您还可以为您认为不适合您孩子的特定网站添加排除项,反之亦然。
当您的孩子尝试在受限制的网站上冲浪时,他或她会收到一条消息:“该网站对您不安全。”
您应该注意一件事:在保护您的孩子免受受限网站的侵害时,Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android只有在您的孩子使用Google Chrome时才能提供帮助。尽管似乎网络保护(web protection)也适用于其他浏览器,但它们并未得到官方支持,因此最好的方法是卸载或阻止其他浏览器。
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通话和短信(Call & SMS)- 让您可以跟踪孩子在他/她的Android 智能手机上收到的电话和(Android smartphone)短信(SMS text)。然后,您可以在任何 Web 浏览器中从您的“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户获取报告和统计信息。
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应用程序(Apps)- 允许您根据年龄限制、应用程序类别或手动输入的规则监控和限制应用程序的使用,类似于您控制网站限制的方式。
当您的孩子尝试使用受限应用程序时,他或她会收到一条消息“不允许使用此应用程序”("Using this app is not allowed ")。
但是,如果您的孩子认为他或她应该能够使用受限制的应用程序,他/她可以通过简单的点击请求您的许可。您将在“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户和Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序的“警报(Alerts)”部分中收到请求。是否授予您的孩子访问权限就像点击允许(Allow)或拒绝(Decline)一样简单。
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设备使用(Device use)- 可用于查看对您孩子的设备施加的时间限制。但是,您不能使用应用程序的此部分来控制限制。为了更改规则,您必须连接到您的“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户并从那里进行所需的设置。
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位置设置(Location settings)- 让您监控孩子的行踪,并为他或她设置允许的区域。当孩子离开允许的区域时,您会收到通知。值得注意的是,您还可以为每个允许的区域设置特定的时间间隔。
- Kaspersky Safe Kids Android 应用程序的最后一个选项卡称为“附加(Additional)”,您可以在其中管理孩子的个人资料、更改您收到的警报和应用程序设置,以及查看您的许可证状态(license status)、为应用程序评分等。
适用于 Android 的 Kaspersky Safe Kids 应用程序是一款您既可以在您的儿童 Android 设备上使用,也可以在您的“父母”设备上使用的应用程序。在您孩子的设备上,您只需安装该应用程序并将其连接到您的“我的卡巴斯基”帐户即可。但是,在您的“父母”Android 设备上,卡巴斯基安全儿童版会镜像您在“我的卡巴斯基”帐户中在线拥有的几乎所有父母控制功能和选项,让您可以轻松地远程监控和保护您的孩子。我们喜欢它,我们相信你也会这样做。(The Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android is one app that you can use both on your children Android devices, as well as on your "parent" devices. On your children's devices all you have to do is install the app and connect it to your My Kaspersky account. But, on your "parent" Android devices, Kaspersky Safe Kids mirrors almost all of the parental controls features and options you have online in your My Kaspersky account, making it very easy for you to monitor and protect your child remotely. We love it and we're sure you will do too.)
优点和缺点
Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android有一些非常积极的方面:
- 作为父母,您只需在自己的Android 设备和孩子的设备上下载并安装一个应用程序;(Android device)
- 通过您的“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户获得的大多数控件和功能也存在于Android 应用程序(Android app)中;
- 位置跟踪功能是始终知道您的孩子在哪里的好方法;
- 通话和短信监控功能(call and SMS monitoring feature)让您知道您的孩子正在和谁说话;
- 所有功能和选项都运行良好,我们特别指的是网络过滤引擎和应用程序阻止选项(engine and apps blocking options);
- 您可以直接在Android 应用程序(Android app)中获得实时通知;
- 使用单个Kaspersky Safe Kids(Kaspersky Safe Kids)许可证可以使用和设置的设备或子配置文件没有限制。
Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android 设备也有一些不那么积极的方面:
- 适用于Android(Android)的Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序不包含您可以从“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户管理的所有功能和控件;
- 网站过滤引擎仅在Google Chrome中得到官方支持,在其他网络浏览器中不支持。
判决
在使用和测试适用于Android 设备的(Android device)Kaspersky Safe Kids应用程序后,我们必须说,从家长的角度来看,我们发现它非常有用且易于使用。您只需在Android 设备(Android device)和孩子的设备上安装一个应用程序,您就可以直接从Android 应用程序(Android app)监控和控制几乎所有内容。您几乎无需在 PC 上的网络浏览器中访问您的(web browser)“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户。过滤网站和限制应用程序的使用在您孩子的Android智能手机或平板电脑上运行良好,并且当您的孩子尝试做您不允许的事情时立即收到通知。
对于任何关心孩子安全的父母,我们认为Kaspersky Safe Kids是一个不错的选择。(Kaspersky Safe Kids)该产品的要价非常合理,并且许可授权您在无限数量的设备和无限数量的儿童上使用它。试试看,你不会后悔的!
Security for everyone - Reviewing Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android
If you worry about your child's security onlіne and you do care about the information he or shе has access to, then you probably consіdered installing a parentаl controls app on the devices your child is using. Kaspersky is one of the security companies that creates such apps, both for computers and mobile devices. If you want to protect your child while his or she is using Android devices, read this review for the Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android:
What can Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android do for you?
Kaspersky Safe Kids is available both as a free product, and as a paid app. Although you can get it for free from the Google Play store, if you will want to be able to use all the parental controls available in the app, you will have to buy yourself a Premium subscription from Kaspersky.
If you buy a license for Kaspersky Safe Kids Premium , you will get access to the following features:
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Internet management - lets you monitor and control your child's activities on the internet;
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Apps management - lets you control what Android apps your child can use;
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Device management - lets you control how much time your child is allowed to use his or her Android devices;
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Social network management - monitors your child's activity on a couple of popular social networks;
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Real-time alerts - sends alerts to your smartphone if suspicious activities are detected;
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Child location - tracks your child's whereabouts and lets you know where he or she has been to;
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Mobile communications - monitors the phone calls and SMS text messages your child has on his or her Android smartphone.
Setting up Kaspersky Safe Kids on your child's Android device
To be able to test and review Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android, we used our test Android smartphone, a Motorola Nexus 6 with Android 7 Nougat. After downloading and installing Kaspersky Safe Kids on an Android device, you will have to go through a short welcome presentation, agree with the terms of use, and then create a My Kaspersky account or use an existing one, if you already created an account before.
Once you've connected your My Kaspersky account to the Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android, you will have to choose who will use your device. We will assume that, for now, you will configure this device to be used by your child, so tap on Child. We'll see later what happens when you install Kaspersky Safe Kids on a parent device.
If you have previously used Kaspersky Safe Kids on other devices, like on another Android smartphone or tablet, or on a Windows PC, and you have already created a child profile, then you will be able to tap to select him or her from the list. If you did not use Kaspersky Safe Kids before, you can create a child profile from the app, by entering a name and selecting a birth year for your child.
Finally, you will have to grant some advanced permissions and access to system features for Kaspersky Safe Kids , so as to protect the app from unauthorized removal, to let the app control what the child can access on the internet, and to be able to receive detailed reports about your child's activity.
Once you have granted Kaspersky Safe Kids all the permissions it requires, the app will start protecting your child on the device, and you will be able to set usage rules and view reports about his or her activity, in your My Kaspersky account.
Installing the Kaspersky Safe Kids app on your child's Android smartphone or tablet is a very easy thing to do. We find it hard to believe that you could remove any step of the process to make it even simpler. That's as easy as it can get.
Setting up Kaspersky Safe Kids on your (parent) Android device
Although you can access your My Kaspersky account from any web browser, on any PC or mobile device you want, if you prefer using your own personal Android smartphone in order to control the protection settings for your child, you can go ahead and install the Kaspersky Safe Kids app on your device and choose Parent when it asks you who will use this device.
Then, it's recommended that you create a four-digit PIN code to be used with the Kaspersky Safe Kids app. If other people use your Android device from time to time, this app PIN code will prevent them from getting access to the parental control settings and information regarding your children.
After that, you can go ahead and use the Kaspersky Safe Kids app in order to protect your child.
Installing Kaspersky Safe Kids on your "parental" Android smartphone or tablet is even simpler than it is to setup the app on your children's devices, and that's pretty awesome.
A few important things to know about Kaspersky Safe Kids on Android
All the parental controls and protection features offered by Kaspersky Safe Kids on Android devices can be configured from your My Kaspersky account. You can do that in any web browser you prefer and on any supported device you want to use, like on a Windows computer or on another Android device.
However, because our main focus in this review is Kaspersky Safe Kids on Android devices, we will mostly refer to how you can get notifications about your children's activity and configure the rules for protecting them in the Android app for parents.
If you would like to see more details about the way your My Kaspersky account works in a web browser, we recommend that you read our previous review about Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows. In it, there are many more details about the web experience you'll have in your My Kaspersky account.
When you configure the Kaspersky Safe Kids Android app to work in parent mode, the app will show you everything you'd like to know about your child's activity on his or her devices, be they Android or Windows devices. In this mode, the app is split into four main tabs: Alerts, Where is my child?, Settings and Additional. Let's see what each of them has to offer:
Getting alerts about your child's activity
The first tab of the Kaspersky Safe Kids Android app is all about the alerts and notifications you get from your child's protected devices. For instance, this is the place where you can see things like whether your child tried to visit a restricted website or open a blocked application, whether he or she left the secure geographical area you set, or if he or she asked your permission to use a certain app.
The Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android devices is a great tool if you are a parent, as the Alerts page will make it very easy for you to always be up to date with what your child does on his or her devices.
Finding out where your child is located
The second tab of the Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android devices shows you a map on which you can locate your child. Of course, that's not to say that you are tracking the location of your child in the true meaning of the word. You are tracking the whereabouts of child's devices on which you installed Kaspersky Safe Kids. It's worth mentioning that this is a setting that you must manually enable and it doesn't work for Windows devices, just for Android smartphones or tablets. Obviously, it works best if those devices have a GPS chip.
Although it might be intrusive on your child's privacy, being able to track the whereabouts of your child is comforting for a parent.
Settings parental controls (website restrictions, app restrictions, devices usage limits, location tracking and so on)
The third tab of the Kaspersky Safe Kids app for parents is called Settings. This section allows you to configure most of the parental controls available in Kaspersky's Safe Kids service, but not all. A few things can only be configured from the My Kaspersky portal, using your account and a web browser.
Here are the things that you can configure in the Settings area from the Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android:
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Internet - offers you settings for controlling the types of websites that you want to block or allow your child to visit. You can set restrictions based on categories of websites like blocking those with adult content, violence, alcohol or profanity. You can also add exclusions for specific websites that you don't think are appropriate for your child, or the other way around.
When you kid will try surfing on a website that's restricted, he or she will get a message saying: "This website is not safe for you."
There's one thing you should be aware of: when it comes to protecting your child against restricted websites, Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android can only help if your child uses Google Chrome. Although it seems that the web protection works for other browsers too, they are not officially supported, so the best way to go is to uninstall or block the other browsers.
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Call & SMS - lets you enable the tracking of phone calls and SMS text messages that your child has on his/her Android smartphone. The reports and statistics are then available from your My Kaspersky account, in any web browser.
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Apps - lets you monitor and restrict apps usage according to age restrictions, app categories or manually entered rules, similarly to how you control websites restrictions.
When your child will try using a restricted app, he or she will get a message saying that "Using this app is not allowed ".
However, if your child believes that he or she should be able to use a restricted app, he/she can ask for your permission to do so, with a simple tap. You will receive the request in your My Kaspersky account and on your Kaspersky Safe Kids app, in the Alerts section. Giving your child access or not is as simple as tapping Allow or Decline.
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Device use - can be used to see the time restrictions imposed on your child's devices. However, you cannot use this section of the app to control the restrictions. In order to change the rules, you will have to connect to your My Kaspersky account and make the settings you want from there.
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Location settings - lets you monitor your child's whereabouts, as well as set allowed areas for him or her. When the child leaves the allowed area, you will get a notification. It's worth noting that you can also set specific time intervals for each allowed area.
- The final tab from the Kaspersky Safe Kids Android app is called Additional and it's the place where you can manage the children's profiles, change the alerts you get and the app settings, as well as see your license status, rate the app and so on.
The Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android is one app that you can use both on your children Android devices, as well as on your "parent" devices. On your children's devices all you have to do is install the app and connect it to your My Kaspersky account. But, on your "parent" Android devices, Kaspersky Safe Kids mirrors almost all of the parental controls features and options you have online in your My Kaspersky account, making it very easy for you to monitor and protect your child remotely. We love it and we're sure you will do too.
Pros and cons
There are some very positive things about Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android:
- You only have to download and install one app on both your own Android device as a parent, and on your children's devices;
- Most of the controls and features available via your My Kaspersky account, are also present in the Android app;
- The location tracking feature is a great way of always knowing where your child is;
- The call and SMS monitoring feature lets you know who your child is speaking with;
- All the features and options work well, and by that we're especially referring to the web filtering engine and apps blocking options;
- You get real-time notifications directly in the Android app;
- There's no limit of devices or children profiles you can use and set using a single Kaspersky Safe Kids license.
There are also a few not so positive aspects about Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android devices:
- The Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android doesn't include all the features and controls you can manage from your My Kaspersky account;
- The websites filtering engine is officially supported only in Google Chrome and not in other web browsers.
Verdict
After using and testing the Kaspersky Safe Kids app for Android devices, we must say that w e find it very useful and easy to use from a parent's point of view. It's only one app that you have to install both on your Android device and on your children's devices, and you can monitor and control almost everything, straight from the Android app. There's almost no need for you to get to your My Kaspersky account in a web browser on your PC. Filtering websites and restricting apps usage works well on your children's Android smartphones or tablets, and getting notifications when your child tries to do something that you don't allow happens in an instant.
We consider Kaspersky Safe Kids a great choice for any parent who cares for their children's security. The asking price for this product is very reasonable and a license entitles you to use it on an unlimited number of devices and for an unlimited number of children. Try it out and you won't regret doing so!