Whether you are handing your smartphone to your child in the grocery store to keep him or her occupied or letting them use it to play games, chances are at some point your smartphone is going to be in the hands of your child. As a Sprint Mom Ambassador I have a unique opportunity to try out different devices and service throughout the year, and am excited to share how the Samsung Galaxy S5 Kids Mode makes your phone child friendly and safer for parents.
Smartphones aren’t toys at all, but I have personally been guilty in the past of handing my phone over to my son to keep him occupied when I was busy. The danger in doing that is having files accidentally deleted or your settings changed to some weird state.
To activate the Kids Mode on Samsung Galaxy S5 you will need to install the app. The Kids Mode widget can be found either on your home screen, in widgets, or in the app drawer. It is a rather large file, so I recommend you install it over wifi. After you install the app, you will be asked to setup a PIN. This PIN is for managing the Kids Mode app only. You will use the PIN to access the Kids Mode Menu and to exit Kids Mode. Don’t worry about forgetting the pin. You can set a backup password as well. You will also need to set a child profile with name and birth date.
There are 5 pre-loaded apps for kids in Samsung Kids Mode: a camera app, a drawing app, a karaoke app, a picture gallery app, and a video playback app. If you think your child will get tired of playing with these 5 apps, you can choose additional apps for their child to use. You can just go into the settings and select which apps you want them to have access to – pick any app or game and it’s instantly added to the Kids Mode menu page.
There are a variety of parental controls available through Samsung Kids Mode. You can set a daily playtime limit which I think is great, and select which applications and media to allow them access to. Samsung Kids Mode is geared for children ages 10 and under.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is currently available from Sprint. The Kids Mode makes it a very appealing purchase. By the way, I love this phone! (Review coming soon!)
What do you think of the Samsung Galaxy S5 Kids Mode? Is this something you would use?
That is a really great feature. I wish my phone had that!
I love a kids mode feature! Kids love technology but also love to get into things they are not supposed to!
i wanted to get a samsung tab for my daughter too. bcoz of this feature. though i am still hesitating because we use apple products at home hehe
I really like this. Will have to check and see if an app exist for my iphone.
What a great idea is this! I am going to take a look to see if there is something just like this or similar for my phone.
What a great idea for a smartphone! I have an ipod and my child tries to play with it but I don’t want him to. This is good if you don’t mind if your child plays with your phone.
I love the idea of having this option. I wish I would have had it when my son was a toddler.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 looks quite impressive, and I love these kids games apps, they come in handy when grocery shopping with the kids, traveling, or just having to wait somewhere. The kids love them!
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is the next phone I would like to have… this is a good idea to have this option as kids need to be occupied. Kids love technology and my niece knows how to get access to things on my phone.
I can’t tell you how many hundreds of selfies I have to delete from my phone each week thanks to my children. I would love, love, love them to have a space of their own on my phone that would be separate from my apps and information.