"Parents can now manually set a time limit on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from fifteen minutes to two hours (with an option for zero minutes coming soon). The update, announced on Wednesday, takes the Shorts time limit feature YouTube introduced in October and adapts it for under-18 accounts. Kids and teens can't change or disable the time limit setting on their end."
"Similarly, parents can set custom "Bedtime" and "Take a break" reminders for their kids' accounts, which are also available as optional features for adult users. The new features are rolling out after YouTube began a push to identify and restrict minors' accounts last year using AI age estimation based on users' YouTube activity and the age of their account. YouTube is also making it easier for parents to make sure their kids are in the right account category."
Parents can manually set a time limit on kids' YouTube Shorts feeds between fifteen minutes and two hours, with a zero-minute option coming soon. Kids and teens cannot change or disable the time limit setting on their end. Parents can set custom "Bedtime" and "Take a break" reminders for kids' accounts, and those reminders are optional features for adult users. YouTube rolled out these features after using AI age estimation to identify and restrict minors' accounts based on activity and account age. A sign-up update will allow parents to set a child or teen's age category and adjust allowed content. These controls mirror similar measures from Meta and TikTok to limit minors' access and content.
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