HBO Max Child Profile Has All Content Locked, Despite Permissions Given to Appropriate Age...

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  1. MadMojo
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    HBO Max Child Profile Has All Content Locked, Despite Permissions Given to Appropriate Age...


    So, I recently got HBO Max all set up on my Xbox. I noticed there is a lot of children's content available, so I setup a profile for my daughter and used the appropriate parental controls. When my daughter tried to sign in it gave the proper permission
    request, I gave her account permission to use it. But then as she was browsing through the content and getting ready to watch her favorite show...it allowed her to add the content to her list, but every episode was shown as locked. The content is rated PG,
    and her account is setup to allow her to watch the PG content. But nothing I do seems to unlock it. Anyone have some ideas?

    :)
     
    MadMojo, May 30, 2020
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  2. MadMojo Win User

    HBO Max Child Profile Has All Content Locked, Despite Permissions Given to Appropriate Age Levels

    Another bit of key information is that when I access her profile in HBO Max on my console, it works just fine. So it's the console-specific content restriction that appears to be causing a problem. I'm trying to figure out where I can allow her console
    to properly access the app or content in the app now with no luck. Would appreciate any help at this point. You would think it would show on the Always Blocked list if it was actually always blocked, so I could remove it from that manually through the parental
    controls. Perhaps there's a bug that doesn't show the app properly, even though it's stuck on that list somehow. Unless one of those always blocked browsers is mis-labeled HBO Max app. *shrugs* Help!
  3. MadMojo Win User

    HBO Max Child Profile Has All Content Locked, Despite Permissions Given to Appropriate Age Levels

    Okay, finally solved the problem. I had to log into my profile on the console in question and update the Family settings for my daughter's profile, on that console itself, and remove the age restrictions for all of the content. Since I have the global
    family settings that restrict content and require permissions, nothing seems to have changed except now she can actually see the content she's been given access to on her console. But it makes me wonder if she now has access to content she shouldn't, despite
    needing permissions. This feels very counter-intuitive and feels weird to be unlocking the console for all-age content in regards to her profile just to allow the proper permissions to restrict content in another way. But, at least it's solved the problem
    for us for he time being, I suppose.
  4. MadMojo Win User

    HBO Max Child Profile Has All Content Locked, Despite Permissions Given to Appropriate Age Levels

    Under Family Safety App and Game Limits it has a little orange marker that shows an issue with the Xbox Console my daughter's profile is on. When I click on it, it tells me the message below. But when I go to that section, there are 31 things set to always
    be blocked and they are all just web browsers, and not the HBO Max App.

    So, what's the deal? Why can't a profile set to access the content, who has been given explicit permission to access the content, not access it? I appreciate it failing on the side of caution and not simply letting someone have access to it. But it's a little
    strange that I've literally given access to say the content isn't blocked, set up appropriate permissions for the account profile in the app itself, and the account still can't access it on the console.

    "Some apps may get blocked under Content restrictions

    If they're blocked, the settings on this page won't apply. If you want to unblock one, follow these steps:

    • Go to Content restrictions > Always blocked
    • Remove the app that says Only works on some versions of Windows"
  5. NeoDan123 Win User

    I bought GamePass but I can't play games online.

    Is the account you trying to use a child account or an adult account?

    As child accounts will not be able to play certain games online unless the parent account has given the required permissions.

    Sea of Thieves has a age rating of 13 years and up.
  6. MikaelFangel Win User

    Seeing or Managing the list of Games your child has access to?

    I think the closest you get is managing the games by your child's age.

    Here is a guide for it:

    You can set your child’s age, which Xbox One uses to control the child’s access to specifically rated games, movies, TV shows, and music. By default, if the child is under 8 years of age, Access to content is set to “Off.”

    To change the default setting for your child:

    1.Scroll left from Home to open the guide.

    2.Select Settings.

    3.Select All Settings.

    4.Under Account, select Family.

    5.Select the child account you want to update.

    6.Select Access to content.

    7.The content limits are unrestricted for all users over the age of 8. You can select preset age-appropriate limits by choosing your child’s age from the list. We’ll show you what the presets are for that age. You're not restricted by date of birth—you decide
    which maturity level is appropriate.
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