Google Releases ‘YouTube Kids’ App for iPhone and iPad

Google has announced the release of the YouTube Kids app on the iPhone and iPad. The app provides a kid-friendly entertainment option, focused on content appropriate for children.

The content in the YouTube Kids app is broken down into four categories:  Shows, Music, Learning and Explore.

YouTube Kids offers content from National Geographic Kids, Reading Rainbow, Thomas the Tank Engine, and more. Channels featured include DreamWorks TV, Jim Henson TV, Mother Goose Club and Talking Tom and Friends.

The app offers a number of parental controls to allow parents to fine-tune their children’s viewing experience:

• Timer: Let the app be the bad guy with a built-in timer that lets you limit kids’ screen time. The app alerts your child when the session is over, so you don’t have to.

• Sound settings: Sometimes you need a little peace and quiet! You have an option to turn off background music and sound effects, so your kids can keep watching while you catch a breather.

• Search settings: If you’d rather limit your children to just the pre-selected videos available on the home screen, you can turn off search.

• Product feedback: Our goal is to improve YouTube Kids all the time, so we’ve included a space for you to give us your feedback.

YouTube Kids is available FREE for iPhone and iPad in the App Store. [DIRECT LINK] The app is also available for Android devices.