Amazon’s Kindle Fire has general parental control tools, but Instant Video has so far come up short compared to competitors like Netflix. Now, Amazon has quietly added a set of parental controls for the streaming service. As Tech of the Hub noticed, going to the “Settings & Devices” section of Instant Video will bring up a ratings page and a list of devices. Each device can be set with the slider, after which restricted videos on it will appear with a lock. To make changes, viewers input the same code used to make purchases, but it looks like it’s only possible to override controls from a browser, and controls on the Xbox 360 apparently aren’t supported

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Amazon quietly adds device-specific parental controls to Instant Video

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