YouTube Kids is born, videos by and for children

The YouTube video platform has decided to launch a new application, YouTube Kids that is dedicated to children and that aims to cover the great demand in family videos. And is that if each year increases 50 percent the time that people spend watching videos on YouTube, in general, the family contents do it in a 200 percent.

The video channel of Google intends to continue maintaining its hegemony in the online video sector. With this idea YouTube Kids is born, videos by and for children. Although it has not yet arrived in Europe, it is expected that it will soon be available to the rest of the world since, at the moment, the program only works in the US and is free. And besides, it's only available for Android smartphones and tablets.


YouTube Kids innovations

Among its main innovations and features highlights:

1. The management interface: It has only five icons to handle all the content. What will the children be able to see? The children's series that they like the most from the Spanish Pocoyo, to the classic Sesame Street (Sesame Street in Latin America), to the Muppets (almost everywhere in the world) and the documentaries of National Geographic for children and Tech, a series dedicated to the teaching of new technologies.

2. The counter: It is a recommendation made by experts in education and it is a time counter so that the child does not spend more time than allowed watching videos. Parents can control the duration of the session and the device will turn off when it reaches the time limit. Only parents can reactivate the mobile or tablet with the password.


3. The elimination of comments: The comments field in the new application has been removed so as not to expose the children to bad words or debates not suitable for them.

4. The intuitive icons for children: Children's navigation through the new YouTube Kids aims to be simpler with the incorporation of icons. Just press the television icon to start the operation, the radio to see a music video, the light bulb to select educational content and a pair of binoculars to see the contents most viewed by other children.

5. Word and audio search engine: its icon is a magnifying glass. Assuming that some children still do not know how to write, an audio search engine has been incorporated, so users who still do not know how to write can search by voice. In addition, they have withdrawn from the search engine for words, bad language and insults. Directly, the search engine invites you to write another word.


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