Get started with YouTube Kids on your TV

There are a few ways that you can enter YouTube Kids from your smart TV, streaming device, or game console.

Get started with YouTube Kids on the YouTube app on your TV

Enter through the YouTube app

To easily switch from YouTube to YouTube Kids, we recommend entering through the YouTube app.

Watch while signed in

There are many advantages to using YouTube Kids while signed in, including customizing your child’s experience and setting up parental controls. Even if you sign in to YouTube on another smart TV, streaming device, or game console, your child’s same YouTube Kids profile will be ready to use. 

To get started, download the YouTube app and sign in with the same account that you used to set up your kid’s YouTube Kids profile. Then:

1. Open the YouTube app on your smart TV, streaming device, or game console.
2. If the app opens to the “Who’s Watching?” screen, select your kid’s profile to enter YouTube Kids.
3. If the app opens signed in to an account:
   1. Go to the left-hand menu.
   2. Select your profile picture to open the accounts page.
   3. Select your kid’s account to switch to YouTube Kids.

Note: If you select an account that is both a supervised YouTube account and set up for YouTube Kids, your kid will get the supervised experience.

If one of your options is a YouTube Kids profile you no longer use, you can delete it from all devices.

Watch while signed out 

Once you’ve downloaded the YouTube app, your child can watch YouTube Kids even when signed out. To get started: 

1. Open the YouTube app on your smart TV, streaming device, or game console.
2. Go to the left-hand menu.
3. Select the profile picture to open the accounts page.
4. Select Set up YouTube Kids.
5. Select Set up Guest Account.
6. Follow the steps on the screen to create a YouTube Kids profile that you can use while signed out.

Once you’ve followed these steps, there will be a YouTube Kids profile option when you’re on the accounts page or the “Who’s Watching?” screen. When you select that profile, you’ll go to YouTube Kids. 

If you want to remove this YouTube guest profile at any point, you can:

1. Open the YouTube app on your smart TV, streaming device, or game console.
2. Go to the left-hand menu.
3. Select the profile picture to open the accounts page.
4. Select the account management button  below the YouTube Kids profile.
5. Select Remove from this device.

Enter through the YouTube Kids app

You can sign in to the YouTube Kids app on your TV using a Google Account.

Download the app

Samsung Smart TVs

1. Open Smart Hub.
2. Go to the Apps panel.
3. Select Samsung Apps.
4. Select Search.
5. Search for “YouTube Kids.”
6. Select the YouTube Kids app.
7. Select Enter.

LG Smart TVs

1. From the main menu, select LG Content Store.
2. Select Search.
3. Search for “YouTube Kids.”
4. Select the YouTube Kids app.
5. Select Enter and Install.

Android TV Devices

Go to the Play Store on your device or from your computer.

Play Store on an Android TV Device:

1. Go to the Search bar.
2. Search for “YouTube Kids.”
3. Select the YouTube Kids app.
4. Select Enter to download the app.

Play Store from your computer:

1. Go to the Play Store.
2. On the page, click Install.
3. Choose your Android TV device.
4. Click Install again.

Amazon Fire TV

1. Start your Fire TV device.
2. Go to Fire TV app store.
3. Search for and select "YouTube Kids."
4. Download the YouTube Kids app.

Apple TV

1. On your Apple TV, open the App Store app from your Home Screen.
2. Search for and select "YouTube Kids."
3. Download the YouTube Kids app.

Google TV Devices

1. Start your Google TV device.
2. Open the Play store.
3. Search for and select "YouTube Kids".
4. Download the YouTube Kids app.

Get started in the app

1. Open the YouTube Kids app on your TV. If you’re on a Google TV device, follow the steps below.
2. Enter the year that you were born to verify your age.
3. Sign in.
4. On your phone or computer, go to http://kids.youtube.com/activate and enter the code that's on your TV.
5. Select from existing profiles or go to the YouTube Kids mobile app or youtubekids.com to set up a new profile.

If you’re on a device with Google TV:

1. Open the YouTube Kids app on your TV and click Get Started.
2. Review the “Notice to Parents." If you agree, click “I agree."
3. Choose a content setting for your child.
4. Confirm whether you want search turned on or off for your child.

You can’t sign in or create kid profiles while using YouTube Kids on a device with Google TV. Content that is blocked on other devices can still be played on this device.

YouTube Kids app on mobile vs. YouTube Kids app on TV

While the YouTube Kids app on TV is very similar to the YouTube Kids mobile app, a few options in the mobile app are not available in the app on your TV:

• Offline mode
• Voice Search 
• Setting a timer

Note: Voice search is available when you enter YouTube Kids through the YouTube app on your TV. Learn more about voice search in YouTube Kids. 

Learn more about the YouTube Kids mobile app in the YouTube Kids Parental Guide.