Google has been offering the YouTube Kids app as well as the YouTube app on Android TV/Google TV, Apple TV (tvOS), Samsung TV (Tizen), LG TV (WebOS) and Fire TV (Fire OS) for a very long time. However, in May 2023, the company began rolling out YouTube Kids within YouTube and across these platforms to deliver a more fluid experience.
TV support for YouTube Kids is ending
Now Google has announced that the YouTube Kids app will be removed from smart TVs as of July 2024. This means that from now on you can only access YouTube Kids on these platforms through YouTube. You won’t see a separate icon for YouTube Kids on your smart TV. But YouTube Kids on Android isn’t going anywhere.
To access YouTube Kids on YouTube on your smart TV, you first need to create a YouTube Kids account. When you reopen the app, it will show you the Who’s Watching screen. From here, select your child’s account to go to YouTube Kids. If it opens in another account, go to the profile icon in the upper left corner of the screen and select your child’s account.