Netflix is doubling down on kids’ content with a pretty big new offering \u2014 and it’s free for Netflix subscribers.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Netflix announced its new standalone kids app called Netflix Playground. The app isn’t a video streaming app as you might expect; rather, it’s an interactive gaming app designed for kids aged eight and under.<\/p>\n
The app is available now for Netflix subscribers in the United States. <\/p>\n
According to Netflix, the app doesn’t have any ads and won’t offer any in-app purchases, making it completely kid-friendly. In addition, the app works without any mobile or WiFi connection too.<\/p>\n
\n Mashable Light Speed\n <\/p>\n
Users simply need to download the app and sign in to their Netflix account. From there, users will be able to instantly access a library of offline games featuring Peppa Pig, Sesame Street, Storybots, an assortment of games based on Dr. Seuss titles, and more.<\/p>\n
Netflix just recently acquired<\/a> the distribution rights to Sesame Street last year after its previous deal with HBO expired. Netflix released the first new episode of the series’ 56th season in November.<\/p>\n Mashable’s Chase DiBenedetto recently reported on the pivot<\/a> to video games and gaming apps from entities that produce children’s programming. While Netflix has introduced games<\/a> for its adult user base for its main Netflix platform, Netflix Playground points to the company following the latest move to standalone platforms for kids’ gaming.<\/p>\n The new Netflix Playground app is available now in the U.S. on both iOS and Android devices. It will launch globally on April 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix is doubling down on kids’ content with a pretty big new offering \u2014 and it’s free for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[18,19,17,279,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-423612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-mobile","12":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116360577309733708","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}