YouTube Kids Gets a Dedicated Desktop Website

YouTube Kids was revealed to be getting a dedicated desktop website before this calendar week. Well, if yous have been waiting for the kids to be able to watch videos on YouTube correct from the browser (with appropriate scrutiny), then the YouTube Kids website has today gone live. It offers a familiar experience, which parents who utilize the mobile app would recognize right away.

The YouTube Kids website looks very much like its tablet or Television set app, just ane of the key features is currently missing in action. You lot won't be able to sign into the website at the moment, says the official support page. Information technology is currently in evolution and should start rolling out at a later date.

"With this initial offering, there won't be an option to sign in, similar to watching YouTube Kids on TVs today. Parents will yet be able to come across sentry history, flag content, and choose from the new historic period group content setting," says the support folio. The desktop website has officially launched today, alongside the news that Google is settling federal privacy charges against YouTube. The company is going to pay fines of around $150-$200 million for violations confronting the Children'southward Online Privacy Protection Deed.

1 of the changes introduced in YouTube Kids are the new age groupings, which were revealed past the company earlier this week. The moment you open the desktop website, pass the parental control test, you will be greeted with the new options. YouTube Kids is now offering a new 'Preschool' filter for kids ages 4 and nether. This is paired with Younger (ages 5-seven) and Older (ages eight-12) filters for watching videos.

The streaming giant has likewise revised its child safety policies for the child-friendly platform. Parents will able to contribute to the removal of dangerous content, which includes "videos that target younger minors and their families, those that contain sexual themes, violence, obscene, or other mature themes non suitable for younger audiences." Earlier, these videos were restricted instead of directly beingness removed to the service.

An interesting feature that I constitute while checking out YouTube Kids today was the option to enable or disable the search option. If you choose to turn on the feature, your kids will exist able to search for new videos on the platform. The option to disable search will restrict children to a limited set of channels – verified to exist kid-friendly by YouTube.

This defended YouTube Kids website has been launched to address a bigger problem on the platform. The video streaming giant isn't kid-friendly every bit a whole, which it hides in its terms and conditions — stating that the website is meant for users thirteen and upwardly. So, it was breaking the law and the new website fixes the shortcoming, offering a safer environment for kids to explore their interests and curiosity