- Who is this post for? Parents
- What does it discuss? YouTube’s new app for Kids entertainment and the associated parental controls
- How does it benefit you? Big catalogue of free TV for your kids
A year after being launched in the US, Google has made its YouTube Kids app available in the UK and Ireland.
The app provides content that’s suitable for kids of all ages. The aim is to give parents peace of mind when it comes to their children browsing and watching videos on YouTube.
There will be new content aimed to appeal to a UK and Irish audience specifically, like Octonauts, In the Night Garden and UK YouTubers like Stampylonghead and his Wonder Quest.
To give parents peace of mind, Google has made it possible to deactivate the search function in the app. That means that the only videos available will be the featured ones on the homescreen, which are recommended by YouTube and avoids the possibility of children finding something their parents deem inappropriate through search. There’s also a timer mode that lets parents determine when videos stop playing and it’s possible to set a passcode to prevent children from accessing the settings area of the app.
You can read more on YouTube’s blog here.
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