Amazon has announced the availability of the free service for children Amazon Kids, that can already be used with its digital assistant, Alexa, in the entire family of Echo devices of the brand.
Amazon Kids is an experience intended for children under between 3 and 12 years that offers the little ones access to personalized content, while providing a configuration appropriate to their age. It can be used for both playing and learning.
This service, which has reached the devices echo and echo show With a new free ‘software’ update in Spain, it has a series of educational Skills (to learn languages or deal with areas such as science, mathematics or spelling) and entertainment, as well as playlists.
Other aspects of this service include the ability to create a profile for children, so Alexa can recognize your voice and deliver age-appropriate content.
On the other hand, Amazon Kids allows you to set daily time limits so that, for example, when children have to go to sleep, have dinner or do homework, they cannot establish contact with the assistant.
To activate it, it is only necessary for the user to repeat commands such as: ‘Alexa, tell me a joke’, ‘Alexa, sing a song to play’ or ‘Alexa, tell me a story’. However, the assistant also answers questions like ‘Alexa, what’s your favorite song?’ or ‘Alexa, who is your favorite villain?’
It should be noted that Amazon Kids makes available to parents and guardians a series of tools aimed at the protection of children. Among them, the Parental Control Panel (to review the activity of minors), time limits and a filter to block songs from streaming music platforms that contain explicit content.
It also has the ability to block any type of voice purchase to prevent unwanted payments from the Amazon account, thus giving adults full control of these activities.
Thanks to this solution, the little ones will also be able to make calls and video calls with other contacts previously approved by parents or guardians, as well as access messages and Drop In within the home.
Source: Europa Press