The Amazon company has announced the availability of Amazon Kids on Alexa, a free service included in the Echo family of devices. According to Amazon, the goal is to create a safe and adapted environment for children ages 3 to 12 in the home environment. It provides little ones access to appropriate content, while providing parents with child-friendly, age-appropriate, peace of mind while playing or learning.

Access makes tools available to parents and guardians such as the Parental Control Panel, time limits, and a filter to block music with explicit lyrics. It also gives parents full control of these activities by blocking any voice purchases. Various Skills come with educational and entertainment as well as playlists and educational content.

In order to access the service, you must create and approve a profile for children. Alexa app. It is also possible to create Audio ID and Visual ID on devices with screens and the experience can be enabled on one or more Echo devices in the home, you can also use the child profile on a shared device or split one into the following. child’s private use.

Features

Via the Parental Control Panel and the Alexa app, parents can customize their child’s use of Alexa by choosing the services and Skills available to them. Allows adults to view their children’s activities and view and delete voice recordings through the Alexa app.

When a child’s profile is created, Alexa recognizes their voice and automatically provides child-appropriate responses via compatible Echo devices. Alexa blocks kids from making voice purchases and gives age-appropriate answers.

For example, you can set daily time limits when it’s bedtime to ensure kids don’t talk to Alexa at night or to pause their Echo device for dinner or homework.

There is obscene content filter It automatically discards songs with explicit lyrics from Amazon Music, Apple Music or Spotify.

Minors can ask Alexa questions about science, math, spelling, definitions, or any other topic that piques their curiosity.

Among other possibilities, calls and video calls with pre-approved parents

Also, keep in mind that new Skills are coming to interact with Pocoyo or learn and practice languages ​​with LingoKids, among others.

Coming to Echo and Echo Show devices in a new way free software update.