Where can I find information on how and when Edge on Chromium will support Microsoft Family Safety parental controls?

We have not released any information on that yet, SeitzM. What controls are you most interested in?

Family Safety parental controls for Edge on Chromium

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chrismrea
Copper Contributor
Jul 06, 2019
SeitzM looks like there is a new release for Chromium that now supports this through an edge://flags switch - https://techdows.com/2019/06/microsoft-edge-canary-gets-microsoft-family-safety-support.html

i need to get up to the latest chromium release before i can test, so can't confirm this works yet...

tl:dr from the link above:
1. Make you sure you’ve updated Edge Canary version to 77.0.204.0 or higher, visit edge://flags page
2. Search for “Family” and for “Microsoft Family Safety” flag, choose “Enabled”

3. Restart the browser.
- SeitzM
  Brass Contributor
  Sep 26, 2019
  chrismrea I finally got to try this on the latest Beta. One issue I ran into. Unfortunately, the McAfee security software that came on my latest laptop seemed to interfere with this. Once I removed McAfee. parental controls worked!
- reded23
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 29, 2019
  chrismrea it looks like this flag has been removed. I didnt actually get it to work anyway when the flag was there
  - chrismrea
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 29, 2019
    reded23 agreed that it didn't really do much when it was there. the latest version, however, with the upgrade of the OS itself, seems to link it all together finally - i'm seeing both Edge Dev and Beta respecting family controls for the most part. The only thing that seems to go in and out is the inprivate mode, which sometimes is disabled and sometimes comes back
- chrismrea
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 06, 2019
  quick note - to be clear, release 77.0.204 is not yet out (as of 7/6) in the stable beta version - you'll need to grab the Canary release which may not be as stable - https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download
  - NVader2000
    Brass Contributor
    Jul 16, 2019
    Ok great! This appears to work. However, there does not seem to be a way to lock this feature down to prevent someone to disabling it.
    
    I am going to agree with Drew1903 that this should be at the OS level not the browser.
Drew1903
Silver Contributor
May 05, 2019
SeitzM

Admittedly, I may have missed something or be having a brain-freeze, but, I'm going to suggest things including, 'Parental controls' are part of the OS as opposed the browser. Included in (OS) Settings... Upon clicking ➕Add a family member, the 1st next question is 🧿Child or 🧿Adult? and goes from there, if Child selected, for parents to configure. This ⬇ is found in the OS by > Settings > Accounts > Family & other users

Cheers,
Drew
Elliot Kirk
Silver Contributor
Apr 14, 2019
We have not released any information on that yet, SeitzM. What controls are you most interested in?
- SeitzM
  Brass Contributor
  May 05, 2019
  Elliot Kirk 1. Automatic web site filtering based on age. 2. Always block URLs I specify 3. Always allow URLs I specify
  - Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    May 05, 2019
    SeitzM
    
    "1. Automatic web site filtering based on age. 2. Always block URLs I specify 3. Always allow URLs I specify"
    
    Please, see my previous Reply to you regarding this; it has a Snip. Pretty sure the ability for this ⬆, already, exists (in the OS).
    
    Cheers,
    Drew
- NVader2000
  Brass Contributor
  Apr 19, 2019
  It appears that Edge on Chromium does not acknowledge the Microsoft Family settings such as web sites that are NOT on the allow list.
  - Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    May 05, 2019
    NVader2000
    
    Oh no, are you saying the OS controls have no effect on Edge C? 😮 Oh great 🙄 That kicks the meaning out of what I'd said about OS parental controls. Sad to waste ink 🖋. Anyway, then, that or this, sure as heck, needs to be fixed fast! Geeesh!
    
    Cheers,
    Drew

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