Google brings kids-friendly features to Assistant – Times of India

Google is adding some kids friendly features for Assistant. This includes new parental controls, new kid-friendly voices and a kids’ dictionary. Here’s everything you need to know about them.
New parental controls
The new parental controls for Assistant allow parents to have better control over what their children can access via the assistant which includes music, videos and video services. They also have the option to choose what they can hear (all, non-explicit-only content) and access to news and podcast preferences.
Apart from that, parents can also set preferences for features kids can access, including Actions for families, making calls, and more. Furthermore, parents can also choose which Assistant device kids can use.
The parental controls will be available in the coming weeks for Google Home, Google Assistant apps on Android and iOS and Family Link.
New kids-friendly voices
Google has also included four new kids-friendly voices to Assistant. These voices speak slower and have expressive styles to help kids understand better.
These new voices are designed keeping in mind different accents representing different communities. ‘
These voices can be accessed by asking “Hey Google, change your voice”. The device will offer different options which are colour coded.
Kids Dictionary
Lastly, Google is also adding a dictionary for kids which provides age-appropriate answers. For smart displays, the answers also include different illustrations.

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