YouTube Kids

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About this app

Inspire your children to uncover their unique interests
Help your children explore video content that they love and that parents trust, in an app made just for children. With easy navigation tools and a suite of features, you can help your children spend time online uncovering new interests, unleashing their imagination and building their confidence in their own unique world.

Help your children grow at their own pace
Your children are unique, so they should only see content that they're ready to explore. Decide what videos will help them make the most of their time online, then personalise individual profiles using custom content filters as they grow.

– Help your youngest children learn their ABCs, nurture their curiosity and more in 'Preschool' mode.
– Expand your children's interests to songs, cartoons or DIY crafts in 'Younger' mode.
– Give your older children the freedom to search popular music and gaming videos in 'Older' mode.
– Or, hand-pick the videos, channels and collections that your children can see in 'Approved content only' mode.

Rewatch videos and bond over favourites
Quickly find your children's favourite videos and the content that you've shared with them in the 'Watch it again' tab.

Shape your children's viewing experience with parental controls
Parental control features help you limit what your children watch, and better guide their viewing experience. Our blocking process aims to help keep videos on YouTube Kids family-friendly and safe – but each family's preferences are unique. Don't like a video or channel, or see inappropriate content? Flag it for our team to review.

Set a screen-time limit
Encourage your children to take a break in between exploring content. Use the 'Timer' feature to freeze the app when screen time is up so that your children can apply their new skills to the real world.

See important information
– Parental setup is needed to ensure the best experience for your family.
– Children may see commercial content from YouTube creators that are not paid ads.
– See the Privacy Notice for Google Accounts managed with Family Link for information on our privacy practices for signing in with a Google Account.
– If your children use the app without signing in with their Google Account, the YouTube Kids Privacy Notice applies.

Ratings and reviews

Like that so far, it only shows appropriate videos for kids. Not user-friendly with swipe controls. Trying to exit app on my pixel 8 is a nightmare. I usually just end up scrubbing the timeline of the player or returning to the pick a video screen. Also, you can't download hand-picked videos. The app will download what it wants when It wants with no way to change it.

Its very annoying how I can't stop the music that plays as soon as I open the app. Sometimes I open the app when my child is sleepy, so I can play a lullaby but that music wakes him up every single time. Also, you can't create a playlist, so if you want to listen to a specific song again, you have to go through all the videos that have been watched till you find it. And kids click on everything, so there are a lot of videos to go through! The search option doesn't work well either.

So I once got this app to test it, cos most people aren't big fans. I had a great impression at the start with the cute little animation (regularly updated) and was then swiftly taken unto a homepage of many categories. However. You can't share videos. You can't make playlists. You have to stay directly "on" the video to keep watching. There is no option to filter your interests. A video you have watched goes into "watch again" and as more videos go into it, the old ones are pushed out. 😬💀😬😫

What's new

Bug fixes and stability improvements