The YouTube Kids app gets new tools for parents and more

YouTube recently announced new ways to personalize the kids' viewing experience on the YouTube Kids app, which includes parent-approved content and new content-level settings. The parental-approved content feature allows parents to determine which videos and channels are appropriate for their children. This feature allows parents to better control their children's experiences. Parents can access this feature through the app's settings, where they can access their child's profile and limit videos that the child can view to "approved content only." When this option is selected, the child can not search for videos to watch on the YouTube Kids app by itself. To select videos that the child can see, parents can search for videos, channels or collections of channels that they like and press the plus button.

YouTube also introduces a new content level setting in the YouTube Kids app. This level of content, named "Older", is for children aged 8 to 12 years old. If parents choose this level of content in the app settings, their kids will be exposed to less restrictive video content. stream of games and popular music videos. On the other hand, YouTube Kids also offers a more restrictive content experience with the "Young" content level. This content level is the default content setting for the streaming service and is organized to display videos suitable for preschool and primary age children. The "old" content level setting is being deployed for users in the United States and is expected to roll out this feature worldwide shortly.

YouTube has already deployed features that reduce the number of inappropriate videos that reach kids on the YouTube Kids app. Last April, the video streaming platform allowed parents to limit videos posted on the YouTube Kids app to collections organized by real humans. Meanwhile, disabling the search feature of the app limits children's content experience to channels that have been verified by the YouTube Kids team. In addition, Google's video platform encourages parents to report videos that may not be appropriate for the YouTube Kids app.