YouTube Kids will disappear from Smart TVs: how can this application be accessed – 2024-04-24 13:08:03

2024-04-24 13:08:03

Google has announced that the YouTube Kids application will no longer be available on Smart TVs starting in July of this year. A decision that may seem like a problem for parents, but that has an immediate solution.

This platform is essential to allow minors see appropriate contentsince the app filters all the videos that are not suitable for them and shows them only suitable channels, whether music or children’s content creators.

According to Google’s announcement, YouTube Kids will stop working on Google TV, all Smart TVs, Apple TV and Fire TV. This means that users will no longer be able to directly access the application from their smart TVs, but will have to take another path to access this platform.

The company assured that all YouTube Kids content and profiles will be integrated into the default YouTube application. This means that users will still be able to access children’s videos through the main application.

The application will continue to work, but no longer as a standalone platform on televisions. (Google)

In addition, parents will be able to establish child profiles within the central platform to ensure that their children continue to enjoy a safe and age-appropriate environment.

The integration of YouTube Kids into the main application will not imply significant changes to the user experience. Parents will still have access to the same parental control features and will be able to set usage limits to ensure their children do not access inappropriate content.

This decision will only affect smart televisions, since the children’s video platform will continue to be available independently on mobile devices, both cell phones and tablets, as it has been until now.

Google assures that the removal of YouTube Kids from televisions is a decision designed to improve the experience and control that parents can have over the content their children watch, since they will be on a single platform.

The application will continue to work, but no longer as a standalone platform on televisions. (Google)

To take advantage of all the advantages of this children’s platform, it is essential to log in, because this will allow you to personalize the experience and activate parental controls. Even if a session is opened for regular users on another television, the profile for children can continue to be used.

To access the Kids version within the main YouTube app, follow these steps:

1. Open the YouTube app on your Smart TV, streaming device, or gaming console.
2. If the “Who will watch YouTube?” menu opens in the application, select the child’s profile to access YouTube Kids.

If you open the application and there is already a session started, this is what must be done to switch to the child profile:

1. Go to the menu on the left.
2. Choose the profile image to open the accounts page.
3. Select the child’s account to switch to YouTube Kids.

YouTube now allows you to choose three colors to organize content on the platform: green, red and blue, are the available options.

After the user chooses their favorite color, in the option located at the top of the platform, it begins to suggest videos with this color range. Although it is still not clear if it does so taking into account the cover of the video or the most frequent tones of the content.

This option is only available for mobile phones with the Android operating system, although it is expected that more devices will soon be available and more colors will arrive to personalize the experience.

By: Infobae