We derive fundamental properties of continuous frames for tensor product of Hilbert spaces. This includes, for example, the consistency property, i.e. preservation of the frame property under the tensor product, and the description of canonical dual frames as inverses of the frame operator in the tensor product setting. We show the full characterization of all dual systems for a given continuous frame, a result interesting by itself, and apply this to dual tensor frames. Furthermore, we discuss the existence on non-simple tensor product (dual) frames. Schatten class properties of continuous frame multipliers are considered in the context of tensor products. In particular, we give sufficient conditions for obtaining partial traces multipliers the same form, which is illustrated with examples related to short-time Fourier transform and wavelet localization operators. As an application, we offer an interpretation of a class of tensor product continuous frame multipliers as density operators for bipartite quantum systems, and show how their structure can be restricted to the corresponding partial traces.