XBL: Family Timer now available for download

Aside from reminding you that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 dashboard update landed today, we’re also reminding you that the Parent Timer is now available for download via Xbox Live. This latest feature will enable the older gamers among us to keep a better eye on their kids’ game time. More details are up ahead in the full article.

As was reported previously, the fall update for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console landed today.

While the update will host plenty of new features that’ll keep resident gamers and videophiles quite busy for this season’s holidays, we imagine that the parents are gonna want to keep an eye on their little tykes.

With that in mind, we’re reminding you that the Parent Timer is now available for download via Xbox Live. This handy feature will enable you to control your Xbox 360’s game time on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis, and also emits a warning message to remind your kids it’s time end their session.

In line with this update, Microsoft‘s corporate vice president of Global Marketing Jeff Bell had this to say:

As a leader in interactive entertainment, it has been our priority to innovate and improve our Family Settings technology to help parents worldwide manage their childrenÂ’s video gaming and online experiences.

Family Timer should be available in all regions with an available XBL service.