Heads up! The official YouTube Kids app was released yesterday and you can get it for FREE on Google Play! If your kids like to watch YouTube, this new app is supposed to be a safer and simpler alternative to the regular YouTube app.
Details:
- DESIGNED FOR KIDS – We’ve taken out the complicated stuff and made an app even little ones can navigate — that means big buttons, easy scrolling, and instant full-screen.
- VIDEOS KIDS WILL LOVE – Kids can enjoy favorites like Sesame Street, Thomas & Friends, and Dreamworks, online hits like Mother Goose Club, TuTiTu, and Super Simple Songs, plus anything else they’re into — music, gaming, science, crafts, and more.
- VIDEOS PARENTS CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT – We’re as focused on kids’ safety as you are, so we’ve built the YouTube Kids app to be a family-friendly place to explore. When your child browses the app’s home screen, they’ll find a vast selection of kid-appropriate channels and playlists. When families search in the app, we use a mix of input from our users and automated analysis to categorize and screen out the videos that make parents nervous. And for added peace of mind, parents can quickly notify YouTube if they see anything questionable directly from the app.
- SETTINGS FOR PARENTS – You can turn off search for an even more contained experience. Or set the built-in timer to let your kids know when it’s time to stop watching (so you don’t have to). The app puts these settings behind a grown-ups-only lock, out of kids’ reach.
Of course, as with all new apps, you may want to spend some time using it yourself and making sure it really is kid friendly before handing it over to your little ones.
Lexi
It is free on Apple as well – Just go to the App Store and search YouTube kids and it comes up free as well