Amazon FreeTime is, hands down, the most sophisticated and easy-to-use parental control tool available for tablets. Here’s how to set it up, access the vast FreeTime Unlimited media library, and set time limits for your kids.

毫无疑问，Amazon FreeTime是可用于平板电脑的最复杂，易于使用的父母控制工具。设置方法，访问庞大的FreeTime Unlimited媒体库以及为孩子设置时间限制的方法如下。

什么是空闲时间？ (What Is FreeTime?)

FreeTime is Amazon’s version of parental controls. It comes on Amazon’s Fire Tablets, but it’s also available in the Google Play Store for pretty much any Android phone or tablet, too. We’ll cover how to set up each down below.

FreeTime是Amazon的家长控制版本。它来自亚马逊的Fire Tablets，但它在Google Play商店中也适用于几乎所有Android手机或平板电脑。我们将在下面介绍如何进行设置。

Unlike other parental controls, such as those available on the iPad, FreeTime isn’t just about locking a kid into one app, locking them out of other apps, or keeping them from accessing the device’s control panel. FreeTime outright reskins the device and turns it into a completely self-contained and kid-friendly tablet with an easy-to-use interface, a totally separate app list just for the child, and individual profiles so each child in your household can have their own age-appropriate dashboard: the toddler can have toddler friendly games and read-aloud apps and the middle-schooler can have more advanced games and their own media library, for example.

与其他家长控制(例如iPad上的其他控件)不同，FreeTime不仅仅是将孩子锁定在一个应用程序中，将其锁定在其他应用程序之外或使他们无法访问设备的控制面板。 FreeTime彻底对设备进行了重新包装，并将其转变为一个完全独立且对儿童友好的平板电脑，具有易于使用的界面，仅针对孩子的完全独立的应用程序列表以及个人资料，因此您家中的每个孩子都可以拥有自己的设备拥有适合自己年龄的仪表板：例如，幼儿可以拥有适合幼儿的游戏和朗读应用程序，而中学生则可以拥有更高级的游戏和自己的媒体库。

Further, with the addition of the very inexpensive FreeTime Unlimited ($2.99 a month for one child, or $6.99 for a whole family with an Amazon Prime account), you gain access to a massive library of hand-curated movies, television shows, and books that are constantly updated and require no extra effort from the parents to maintain or curate.

此外，加上非常便宜的FreeTime Unlimited (每个孩子每月2.99美元，或者拥有Amazon Prime帐户的整个家庭每月6.99美元)，您就可以访问庞大的手工电影，电视节目和书籍库这些信息会不断更新，不需要父母的额外努力来维持或整理。

如何在非Fire Android设备上设置FreeTime (How to Set Up FreeTime on a Non-Fire Android Device)

Since FreeTime is baked into the system on Amazon’s Fire Tablets, there’s no installation required—you just jump in and get started setting up profiles. That’s not true of other Android devices, as you have to run through a semi-lengthy setup process to get the same effect. Here’s what to do. (If you have a Fire Tablet, skip to the next section of this article.)

由于FreeTime已放入Amazon Fire Tablets的系统中，因此无需安装-您只需进入并开始设置配置文件即可。对于其他Android设备则不是这样，因为您必须执行一个半冗长的设置过程才能获得相同的效果。这是要做的事。 (如果您有Fire Tablet，请跳到本文的下一部分。)

First, head to the Google Play Store and install the FreeTime app on the Android device in question. Once installed, go ahead and launch FreeTime, then sign in to your Amazon account.

首先，前往Google Play商店，并在有问题的Android设备上安装FreeTime应用。安装完成后，继续并启动FreeTime，然后登录到您的Amazon帐户。

You’ll need to first grant a bunch of permissions, starting with restricting in-app purchases in Google Play. Fortunately, the FreeTime app will walk you through the entire setup process. Tap the “Open Google Play Store” button, then follow the instructions on the following page.

您首先需要授予一堆权限，首先要限制Google Play中的应用内购买。幸运的是，FreeTime应用程序将引导您完成整个设置过程。点击“打开Google Play商店”按钮，然后按照下一页上的说明进行操作。

If you want to enable Amazon’s custom kid-friendly web browser in FreeTime mode, then you’ll do that next. Tap the “Enable Browser” button to make it happen, then select which profiles you’d like to enable it on (if you already have one set up, that is).

如果您想在FreeTime模式下启用Amazon的自定义的儿童友好型Web浏览器，则接下来要进行操作。点击“启用浏览器”按钮使其生效，然后选择您要启用它的配置文件(如果已设置)。

Finally, select “OK” on the Smart Filters page.

最后，在“智能过滤器”页面上选择“确定”。

如何开始使用FreeTime配置文件(在Fire和Android平板电脑上) (How to Get Started with FreeTime Profiles (on Fire and Android Tablets))

While FreeTime used to be an app that ran on Fire Tablets, it’s now an integral part of the system itself—built into the Profiles & Family Library settings. To find it on a Fire Tablet, jump into the Settings menu by pulling down the notification shade, then tapping the cog icon. From there, tap on the Profiles & Family Library option.

FreeTime曾经是在Fire Tablets上运行的应用程序，但现在它已成为系统本身不可或缺的一部分，内置在“个人档案和家庭资料库”设置中。要在Fire Tablet上找到它，请拉下通知栏，然后点击齿轮图标，跳入“设置”菜单。在此处，点击“个人资料和家庭资料库”选项。

On other Android devices, just launch the FreeTime app.

在其他Android设备上，只需启动FreeTime应用即可。

If you’ve previously set up different profiles (as I have in the below screenshot), they’ll show up here. If not, let’s get started by adding a new one.

如果您之前设置了其他配置文件(如下面的屏幕截图所示)，它们将显示在此处。如果没有，让我们开始添加一个新的。

Next, create a profile for each child by tapping the “Add a child’ button. Enter the child’s name a birthday, then choose a “theme,” which is defined by the child’s age. Tap the “Add Profile” button when you’re done.

接下来，通过点击“添加孩子”按钮为每个孩子创建一个配置文件。输入孩子的名字生日，然后选择一个“主题”，该主题由孩子的年龄定义。完成后，点击“添加配置文件”按钮。

On Android devices, the first time you launch your new FreeTime Profile, you’ll have to do a bit of additional set up. Again, just follow the on-screen prompts here.

在Android设备上，首次启动新的FreeTime配置文件时，您需要做一些额外的设置。同样，只需按照此处的屏幕提示进行操作。

You’ll start with allowing usage tracking for the FreeTime application, setting it as the default launcher, and setting your parental PIN. Tap the “OK, let’s do it” button to get started with this portion of the setup process.

首先，允许跟踪FreeTime应用程序的使用情况，将其设置为默认启动器，并设置您的父母PIN。点击“确定，开始吧”按钮，以开始进行此设置过程。

First, allow usage tracking. Read the instructions here, then tap the “OK, let’s do it” button again. This will take you into the Usage Access menu—just enable the feature for Amazon FreeTime. This basically allows FreeTime to track usage in other apps, which is basically a must for the application to do what it does. Once enabled, tap the back button.

首先，允许使用情况跟踪。阅读此处的说明，然后再次点击“确定，开始吧”按钮。这将带您进入“用法访问”菜单，只需为Amazon FreeTime启用该功能即可。这基本上使FreeTime可以跟踪其他应用程序的使用情况，这对于应用程序执行其工作基本上是必不可少的。启用后，点击“后退”按钮。

Next, you’ll set FreeTime as your default launcher. Tap the “OK, let’s do it” button again, then choose “Always” under the Use Amazon FreeTime as Home option.

接下来，将FreeTime设置为默认启动器。再次点击“确定，开始吧”按钮，然后在“将Amazon FreeTime用作主页”选项下选择“始终”。

Finally, set your FreeTime passcode. Once that’s done, you’ll be take into the child profile immediately.

最后，设置您的FreeTime密码。完成后，您将立即进入子资料。

From this point forward, the setup process is identical on Fire Tablets and other Android devices.

从现在开始，Fire Tablets和其他Android设备上的设置过程是相同的。

After you’ve created the new profile, you’ll add content. You can choose from basically everything in your Amazon content library, but the first tab has all the kid friendly stuff pre-selected in one place. Pick and choose at your leisure, or just tap the “Add all kids’ titles” buttons to let Amazon do the hard part for you. Tap “Done” when you’re finished.

创建新的配置文件后，您将添加内容。您基本上可以从Amazon内容库中的所有内容中进行选择，但是第一个选项卡在一个位置中预先选择了所有儿童友好的内容。您可以在闲暇时选择并选择，或者只需点击“添加所有孩子的头衔”按钮，即可让亚马逊为您完成艰辛的任务。完成后，点击“完成”。

This will throw you back to the Profiles page. This is the default view you will always see when launching FreeTime on Android or the Profiles option in Settings on Fire Tablets. To modify settings for a particular child, tap on their name (or, on Android, tap the cog icon).

这会将您带回到“个人资料”页面。这是在Android上启动FreeTime或Fire Tablets上的“设置”中的“配置文件”选项时，您始终会看到的默认视图。要修改特定孩子的设置，请点击他们的名字(或在Android上，点击齿轮图标)。

There are a slew of options here, including Daily Goals and Time Limits, Content Management, FreeTime Unlimited settings (more on that below) and profile editing functions. These options will vary slightly depending on what type of device you’re using—Android device or Fire Tablet, phone or tablet, etc.—but for the most part the meat and potatoes of what FreeTime offers is the same.

这里有很多选项，包括“每日目标和时间限制”，“内容管理”，“ FreeTime Unlimited”设置(以下更多内容)和配置文件编辑功能。这些选项会根据您所使用的设备类型(Android设备或Fire Tablet，电话或平板电脑等)而略有不同，但是在大多数情况下，FreeTime提供的功能是相同的。

如何自定义空闲时间配置文件 (How to Customize FreeTime Profiles)

We’re going to start with the most important tools found in FreeTime: Daily Goals & Time Limits. Go ahead and tap the “Set Daily Goals & Time Limits” option, then hit the toggle to enable these features.

我们将从FreeTime中最重要的工具开始：每日目标和时间限制。继续并点击“设置每日目标和时间限制”选项，然后点击切换开关以启用这些功能。

Alright! Here you have a few options. You’ll start with setting the child’s bedtime, which will basically disable use of the tablet after that time. You can also set specific educational-based goals with set amounts of required times for educations books, videos, and apps. If little Eduardo is going to spend all damn day on his tablet, he might as well learn something, right?

好的！在这里，您有一些选择。您将从设置孩子的就寝时间开始，从那以后基本上将禁止使用平板电脑。您还可以设置特定的基于教育的目标，并设置一定数量的教育书籍，视频和应用所需的时间。如果小爱德华多(Eduardo)要在平板电脑上度过一整天，那么他不妨学习一些东西 ，对吗？

There’s also an option to set the total amount of screen time allowed, which may or may not be something you’re into. You can set it from one to six hours, but there’s also an “unlimited” option. If you’re not into just blanket-allowing screen time, there’s also an option to allow specific time by activity. That way you can let them read as many books as they want, but only watch videos or play games for a limited time. I love how granular that is.

还有一个选项可以设置允许的总屏幕显示时间，这可能与您无关。您可以将其设置为一到六个小时，但是还有一个“无限”选项。如果您不仅仅只是允许屏幕显示时间，还可以通过活动来选择特定的时间。这样，您可以让他们阅读所需数量的书籍，但只能在有限的时间内观看视频或玩游戏。我喜欢那有多细。

Once you’re finished setting up times, just press the back button.

完成设置时间后，只需按返回按钮即可。

There are a few other tweaks you can make here, like add/remove content options where you’ll add or remove new books, apps, and videos; a web browser toggle; and Smart Filters, which basically help create a curated experience for FreeTime Unlimited profiles.

您还可以在此处进行其他一些调整，例如添加/删除内容选项，以在其中添加或删除新书，应用和视频。网络浏览器切换；和智能过滤器，它们基本上有助于为FreeTime Unlimited配置文件创建精选体验。

在FreeTime个人资料中 (Inside the FreeTime Profile)

Once you launch FreeTime and select your child’s profile, the tablet doesn’t just superficially become their tablet—it actually completely locks itself down. The lockdown process is so thorough, in fact, we were surprised at what a complete job it does. FreeTime even unmounts the local storage so that even if you have a particularly clever child that plugs the tablet into a computer, they won’t be able to open the folders containing pictures taken by mom and dad, music, movies, or other content on the device.

一旦启动FreeTime并选择了孩子的个人资料，平板电脑就不会只是表面上成为他们的平板电脑-它实际上完全将自己锁定。锁定过程是如此彻底，实际上，我们对其完成的工作感到惊讶。 FreeTime甚至卸载了本地存储，因此，即使您有一个特别聪明的孩子将平板电脑插入计算机，他们也将无法打开包含父亲和母亲拍摄的照片，音乐，电影或其他内容的文件夹。设备。

What the child will see is the screen above, containing a carousel of media. This carousel displays all the (approved) content available in the Amazon owner’s immediate library, by default. As the child uses the device, the carousel will update to include the most recently used media (books, apps, and videos), just like the regular Fire OS interface.

孩子将看到的是上面的屏幕，其中包含一个媒体轮播。默认情况下，该轮播会显示Amazon所有者的即时图书馆中所有可用的(已批准)内容。当孩子使用设备时，轮播会更新，以包括最近使用的媒体(书籍，应用和视频)，就像常规的Fire OS界面一样。

If you tap on the shortcuts at the top, you’ll see a list of just that particular category (books, videos, apps) on the device, as well as all the content available via FreeTime Unlimited (if you’ve activated the subscription).

如果您点击顶部的快捷方式，则会在设备上看到该特定类别(书籍，视频，应用)的列表，以及通过FreeTime Unlimited获得的所有内容(如果已激活订阅) )。

The same layout repeats itself for videos and apps. In any of the content isn’t stored locally on the device, it will be downloaded from Amazon. All the media (books, videos, and apps) offered in FreeTime are completely free. There’s no chance your child can click on anything offered through the service and accidentally purchase anything.

视频和应用重复使用相同的布局。如果任何内容不是本地存储在设备上，它将从Amazon下载。 FreeTime中提供的所有媒体(书籍，视频和应用程序)都是完全免费的。您的孩子不可能没有机会点击通过该服务提供的任何东西而意外购买任何东西。

The last navigation screen, and one we think is particularly clever, is the Characters screen. As any parent can tell you, kids attach themselves to characters. Be it The Cat in the Hat, Dora the Explorer, or just a general love of dinosaurs, kids develop specific tastes.

最后一个导航屏幕(我们认为特别聪明)是“字符”屏幕。正如任何父母都可以告诉您的那样，孩子们会很喜欢角色。无论是戴帽子的猫，探险家朵拉(Dora)还是对恐龙的普遍热爱，孩子们都会养成特定的口味。

In the Characters menu, they can easily find content they’re looking for by selecting a character (like the Cat in the Hat) or a general topic (like dinosaurs) they’re really into. Clicking on a specific character icon will show all the available media related to that character:

在“角色”菜单中，他们可以通过选择真正喜欢的角色(例如戴帽子的猫)或一般主题(例如恐龙)来轻松找到所需的内容。单击特定字符图标将显示与该字符相关的所有可用媒体：

The entire user experience is completely siloed, and at no point can the child get out of the FreeTime garden and into the rest of the device. Pressing the home button always takes them back to the original kid-friendly media carousel. Searching using the quick-find feature only searches the available kid-friendly content. If they swipe down the top-screen navigation bar like so:

整个用户体验是完全孤立的，孩子绝对不能离开FreeTime花园进入设备的其余部分。按下主屏幕按钮始终会将其带回原始的儿童友好型媒体轮播。使用快速查找功能进行搜索仅搜索可用的儿童友好内容。如果他们像这样向下滑动顶部屏幕导航栏：

The only setting they can adjust is the screen brightness. Everything else: Settings, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Storage, and exiting FreeTime, requires a parental password.

他们可以调整的唯一设置是屏幕亮度。其他所有内容：设置，Wi-Fi，蓝牙，存储和退出FreeTime都需要父母密码。

As of right now, and for the foreseeable future, FreeTime is the most comprehensive parental controls option available in the tablet market. It locks the tablet down tight, it customizes the interface, and with the addition of FreeTime Unlimited, it delivers thousands upon thousands of kid-friendly books, movies, television shows, and apps, all organized in an easy to search and navigate system. If you’re curious about FreeTime Unlimited, there’s an option within FreeTime to give it a try for one month before having to cough up a few bucks a month.

到目前为止，在可预见的将来，FreeTime是平板电脑市场上最全面的父母控制选项。它可以将平板电脑锁定得很紧，可以自定义界面，另外还添加了FreeTime Unlimited，它可以提供成千上万本儿童友好的书籍，电影，电视节目和应用程序，所有这些都以易于搜索和浏览的系统进行组织。如果您对FreeTime Unlimited感到好奇，则FreeTime中有一个选项可以尝试一个月，然后每月要花几美元。