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YouTube Kids is coming to game consoles and Roku

<p><a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/youtube-kids-amazon-fire-tv-180822802.html">YouTube Kids[/url] is finally available on more than a handful of devices in your living room, if not quite in the way you'd expect. As 9to5Google<a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://9to5google.com/2023/02/15/youtube-kids-roku-console-smart-tv/">reports[/url], Google is rolling out the YouTube Kids experience on game consoles, Roku devices and more smart TVs through an update to the main YouTube app. If you switch to a YouTube Kids profile, you'll get the child-friendly experience without having to jump to a different app. This also makes it easier to return to the full app once your kid has finished watching.</p><p>You'll see the new approach sometime in the &quot;next few weeks,&quot; Google says. You can delete kids' profiles through <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="https://families.youtube.com/">families.youtube.com[/url] when they're ready for grown-up access, although the company warns this will scrub profiles on all platforms.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>The dedicated YouTube Kids app is available for Android TV, Apple TV and Fire TV devices as well as LG and Samsung smart TVs. This move makes the walled-off experience available to considerably more people — important if you're concerned your young one might view mature content or <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/google-unveils-major-safety-changes-for-kids-on-search-you-tube-and-more-130051206.html">thinly-veiled sales pitches[/url]. You'll still want to keep an eye on your child's viewing habits, but you might not have to steer them toward a computer or tablet.</p>

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