For years, families have come to YouTube to learn, laugh and connect together. To make this experience the best it can be YouTube worked to give parents and kids viewing experience options that are most appropriate for them. So, in this I'll walk you through two options you can choose when it comes to viewing experiences for your kids on YouTube.
The first option is the YouTube Kids app. This app provides a dedicated kids experience and makes it safer and easier for children to find videos on topics they want to explore. YouTube Kids is our recommended destination for kids to watch independently and have a more contained viewing experience. The app offers three different content settings you can choose from so you can pick a preferred experience based on your kid's age. It contents a diverse but much smaller selection of content than what's available on YouTube and offers parental controls for you to customise your kid's individual experience. You can decide what content to make available for them to watch set a timer to control screen time block videos or channels, and more. The app is available for free on Google Play and the App Store in over 80 countries and is used by over 35 million weekly viewers.
The second option lets you set up a supervised experience for your child on YouTube. We know that as children grow up and become more independent they have different interests and needs. So, with this option, parents that decide their child is ready can allow them to explore more of the vast universe of content on YouTube. The experience will feel much like regular YouTube but there'll be adjustments to the content they can find and watch the features that are available some of their default account settings and the ads they see.
Every child is unique and reaches different developmental stages at different times. We'll give you three different content settings to choose from so you can pick the one that's best for your child. You'll pick this content option when setting up YouTube for your child's supervised account and this will determine what they can watch. In addition to restrictions based on the content setting you choose a number of standard features normally available on YouTube will be adjusted or disabled and personalised ads will be prohibited. YouTube's auto-play feature will be off by default and automatic reminders will appear for breaks and bedtime which can be adjusted to reinforce healthy screen-time habits. To set up a supervised experience for your child on YouTube you'll first need a Google Account for your child. Parents can find additional tools in Google's Family Link app to help children create healthy digital habits.
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