YouTube announced this morning it will soon introduce a new experience designed for teens and tweens who are now too old for the schoolager-focused YouTube Kids app, but who may not be ready to explore all of YouTube. The company says it’s preparing to launch a beta test of new features that will give parents […] YouTube to launch parental control features for families with tweens ...This entry was posted in Apps family kids machine learning Media parental controls parents Social Video video hosting YouTube youtube kids and tagged google on February 24, 2021 by Sarah Perez
YouTube Kids’ latest update is giving parents more control over what their kids watch. Following a change earlier this year that allowed parents to limit viewing options to human-reviewed channels, YouTube today is adding another feature that will give parents the ability to explicitly whitelist every channel or video they want to be available to […] YouTube Kids adds a whitelisting parental control feature, plus a ...This entry was posted in children kids Media Mobile parental controls parents streaming video TC Video YouTube youtube kids on September 13, 2018 by Sarah Perez
YouTube Kids’ latest update is giving parents more control over what their kids watch. Following a change earlier this year that allowed parents to limit viewing options to human-reviewed channels, YouTube today is adding another feature that will give parents the ability to explicitly whitelist every channel or video they want to be available to […] YouTube Kids adds a whitelisting parental control feature, plus a ...This entry was posted in children kids Media Mobile parental controls parents streaming video TC Video YouTube youtube kids on September 13, 2018 by Sarah Perez
As YouTube reels from a series of scandals related to its lack of policing around inappropriate content aimed at children, obscene comments on videos of children, horrifying search suggestions, and more, a new app called Jellies has arrived to of... Jellies is a kid-friendly, parent-approved alternative to YouTube KidsThis entry was posted in Apps children iOS apps kids Mobile parents Startups TC videos YouTube youtube kids on November 27, 2017 by Sarah Perez
What do you get if you endlessly recombine Spiderman and the Joker with Elsa from Frozen and lashings of product placement for junk food brands like McDonalds? Read More I watched 1,000 hours of YouTube Kids’ content and this ...This entry was posted in advertising Advertising Tech Apps artificial intelligence Media Social TC YouTube youtube kids on November 12, 2017 by Natasha Lomas
YouTube Kids, the kid-friendly, more filtered version of YouTube first introduced in 2015, is getting a notable upgrade. The updated app is adding several new features designed to reflect the app’s now aging user base, including profiles that are customized based on the kid’s date of birth, as well as additional security controls for parents and kids. While YouTube Kids came under… Read More YouTube Kids update gives kids their own profiles, expands controlsThis entry was posted in Apps children family kids Mobile parents YouTube youtube kids and tagged google on November 2, 2017 by Sarah Perez
YouTube Kids, the kid-friendly, more filtered version of YouTube first introduced in 2015, is getting a notable upgrade. The updated app is adding several new features designed to reflect the app’s now aging user base, including profiles that are customized based on the kid’s date of birth, as well as additional security controls for parents and kids. While YouTube Kids came under… Read More YouTube Kids update gives kids their own profiles, expands controlsThis entry was posted in Apps children family kids Mobile parents YouTube youtube kids and tagged google on November 2, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Americans spent nearly a billion hours watching YouTube videos on Android this past July, according to new data released today by App Annie. That’s the largest amount of time spent in any one streaming video app in a month. The figure is yet another data point showcasing the shift in the way people are consuming video content – less in the living room, over traditional pay TV… Read More YouTube’s app is dominating mobile video by monthly users, time ...This entry was posted in Android apps Apps iOS apps Media Mobile streaming streaming video TC Video YouTube youtube kids on September 13, 2017 by Sarah Perez
YouTube Kids, the app offering a curated selection of age-appropriate videos sourced from YouTube, is launching its own original programming, the company announced today. The four new shows are a part of the YouTube Red subscription service, and were created with the kids’ app in mind. This is also the first time that YouTube Red has invested in creators who are making original shows… Read More YouTube Kids gets its own original showsThis entry was posted in Apps children family kids Media Mobile mobile apps parents TC Video YouTube youtube kids youtube red on February 13, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Consumer watchdog groups announced today they’ve filed additional complaints with the FTC over the advertising content in the YouTube Kids application, this time focused on how the app allows food and drink advertisers to violate their self-regulatory pledges they made as members of the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a program whose aim is to shift… Read More YouTube Kids Faces Further FTC Complaints Related To Junk Food ...This entry was posted in Ads Advertising Tech Apps children commercials consumer advocacy Consumer Watchdog FTC kids Mobile parents tv youtube kids on November 24, 2015 by Sarah Perez