YouTube is rolling out supervised kid accounts for families in Türkiye, the Middle East and North Africa, adding parental controls for children’s viewing on the platform, according to a company announcement published Tuesday.
The new account type is designed to give parents more control over what children can watch while keeping access to YouTube in place. The rollout is being positioned as an account-level supervision option, rather than a separate standalone kids product.
Among the tools YouTube highlighted are Shorts timers, which are intended to limit how long children can scroll short-form video. The company also said parents will be able to use content settings to manage access by age or content category.
YouTube said the controls are meant to help families set viewing boundaries without blocking the platform entirely. The feature set is aimed at supervised use across households in Türkiye, the Middle East and North Africa, where families use a range of connected devices for entertainment and learning.
The launch comes as digital platforms continue to add parental controls across video, social and device ecosystems. YouTube’s announcement places supervised accounts alongside a broader set of tools that are now common in family-oriented digital products, including content filters, screen-time limits and age-based settings.
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The company did not announce pricing for the feature, which is being added to YouTube accounts for families in the region. Availability details were described in the announcement as a rollout across Türkiye, the Middle East and North Africa.
More information is available in YouTube’s announcement on supervised kid accounts for the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye.
Other companies have also expanded parental-control settings in recent years as part of broader efforts to provide age-appropriate experiences and more granular account management.
